THE COMMENTARIES OF CAESAR Translated into English to Which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War in Two Volumes

DUNCAN William

Published by Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper and R and J. Dodsley, 1750

About this Item

2 vols. 8vo (8¼ x 5¼ ins). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt ruled in six compartments with contrasting labels, gilt tooled board edges, marbled endpapers (upper board of vol I detached and remaining outer joints very loosened; head and tails of spine worn and edges of boards chafed). Pp. [xx] + cclxviii + 206 + [2] catalogue + [4] blank [&] [viii] + 219 + [1] blank + 128 + 353-460 + [43] index + [3] blank, illus with engraved frontispiece portrait in vol I and 4 folding maps (inner hinges reinforced with tape; engraved armorial bookplates on front paste-downs and previous owner's neat inscription in contemporary hand at top edges of title pages).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE COMMENTARIES OF CAESAR Translated into English to Which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War in Two Volumes
• Publisher: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper and R and J. Dodsley, 1750
• Binding: Hardcover
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