CÉSAR (Julius). The Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. — The Three Books on the Civil War Against Pompey and His Followers. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1603–1602. 2…

CÉSAR (Julius). The Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. — The Three Books on the Civil War Against Pompey and His Followers. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1603–1602. 2 parts in one quarto volume, reversed leather, ribbed spine, red title label (modern binding). Second edition of Blaise de Vigenère’s translation, first published in 1589–1590. Attractive frontispiece title page featuring a portico design, engraved on copper by Thomas de Leu, a woodcut portrait of the Roman emperor, and a Gallica

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