Julius caesar

1720 · ref. 917Q16 — Londini : Jacobi Tonson 1720 . Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. A mid eighteenth-century edition of Julius Caesar's commentaries on various military campaigns illustrated with folding maps and plates. Bound in full calf. In the original Latin.English philosopher and Anglican cleric Samuel Clarke first published his annotated edition of Caesar's Commentaries in 1712 with numerous further editions quickly produced. This particular edition was the second with Clarke's annotations. Julius Caesar's accounts of his campaign in Gaul and Britain between 58 and 50 BC and his description of his participation in the 49-48 BC Roman Civil War are accompanied by Clarke's observations.Illustrated with a frontispiece one folding plate and three folding maps. Collated complete.With further supplementary commentaries attributed to Aulus Hirtius and others.With a bookplate from the North Library dated 1860 with a blind stamp bearing the same coat of arms to the first few pages. Ink annotations from a previous owner M. Clarke. Bound in full calf. Externally generally smart with light rubbing to the extremities and joints causing a little loss to the spine head. Joint tails are cracked slightly with front board a little tender. Ink inscription to endpapers and bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd mark or light offsetting. Very Good Jacobi Tonson hardcover