Commentarii…Tradotta Del Latino in Volgar Lingua per Agostino Ortica..
by Caesar, Caius Julius
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Venice: Francisco Lorenzini, 1563 A scarce edition of the esteemed Italian translation by Agostino Ortica Della Porta (active 1512, exact dates unknown). OCLC notes four copies in America: Berkeley, Duke, Columbia, and Yale. Not in Adams or the BL Italian STC. Contemporary limp vellum, soiled and with a few wormholes. Edges stained blue. . Octavo. Woodcut publisher's device on title. With five full-page woodcuts and double-page maps of Spain and France. With both blanks HH2 and II8. Minor marginal worming, text with minor old soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription at foot of title-page, old small ink drawing on a blank between the text and the index. A very good copy. There were a number of illustrated editions of Caesar in the sixteenth century, beginning with the Aldine edition of 1513 Mortimer, 96) and the Giunta edition of 1514. These illustrations clearly draw on those from earlier editions, though they are not identical to any that we have located. The present edition is said to have been owned by Queen Victoria.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16664
- Title
- Commentarii…Tradotta Del Latino in Volgar Lingua per Agostino Ortica..
- Author
- Caesar, Caius Julius
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary limp vellum, soiled and with a few wormholes. Edges stained blue.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- A scarce edition of the esteemed Italian translation by Agostino
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Francisco Lorenzini,
- Place of Publication
- Venice:
- Date Published
- 1563
- Pages
- ff. 253. [1].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- Octavo
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...