Null Caesar. Commentaria: seculorum iniuria antea difficilia: et valde mendosa. …

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Caesar. Commentaria: seculorum iniuria antea difficilia: et valde mendosa. Venice, Agostino Zani, 1517. In 2nd (308 x 215 mm);[8], CX [but 109], [7] papers.Frontispiece printed in red and black with woodcut vignette within frieze, two large woodcuts on half page and numerous small woodcut figures in text (small woodworm hole, restoration to inner and outer margins of last few papers). Coeval half-leather binding with embossed plates, traces of two clasps and spotting inside (renewed wood boards). Traces of Austrian library stamp. Elegant illustrated edition containing all of Caesar's works.

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Caesar. Commentaria: seculorum iniuria antea difficilia: et valde mendosa. Venice, Agostino Zani, 1517. In 2nd (308 x 215 mm);[8], CX [but 109], [7] papers.Frontispiece printed in red and black with woodcut vignette within frieze, two large woodcuts on half page and numerous small woodcut figures in text (small woodworm hole, restoration to inner and outer margins of last few papers). Coeval half-leather binding with embossed plates, traces of two clasps and spotting inside (renewed wood boards). Traces of Austrian library stamp. Elegant illustrated edition containing all of Caesar's works.

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