THE COMMENTARIES OF CAESAR, translated into English.
To which is prefixed A discourse concerning the Roman art of war. By William Duncan, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen. Illustrated with cuts. Pp. [xii]+civ+336+[20], engraved frontispiece portrait, plus 85 plates numbered to 86, one being numbered 'III & IV' (over half double page or folding, including 6 maps), pictorial headpiece, indices; post folio; contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, edges of boards decorated in gilt, the boards lightly scuffed and rubbed, with a few surface grazes, fore-corners worn, joints cracking, the spine quite worn and starting to vertically crack, most of the gilt rubbed away, small piece chipped from foot; all edges red (faded); upper hinge cracking, two tape repairs on reverse at bottom edge of the 'ursus' or 'bull' plate, a couple of small marginal tears, a few leaves slightly creased, a little faint foxing; Printed for J. and R. Tonson [& others], London, 1753. First edition. ESTC T136453. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his bookplate on the upper pastedown below the earlier bookplates of Finsborough Library and Francis Colman. Finsborough Hall, in Suffolk, was purchased in 1796 by Roger Pettiward (1754-1833), who formed a significant library there. Pettiward's wife, Jane Seymour Colman, was a daughter of Francis Colman of Hillersdon House, Devon. Colman's inked signature is near the top edge of the pastedown, above his armorial bookplate. Item #169847
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