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Caesar, C(aius) Iulius. C. Iulii Caesaris quae exstant. Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri Iul. Caesaris Filii. Ex Museo Ioh. Isaci Pontani.

With engr. title and 3 folding maps (Roman Empire, Spain, Gallia). 390 pp., 43 pp. index. 16mo. Contemp. full vellum with ms. spine title. – Amsterdam, Ioannem Ianssoniu (Johannes Janssonius), 1636.

Collection of Caesar’s writings based on the library of Dutch historiographer Johann Isaak Pontanus (1571–1639). The text was edited by Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609), one of the most recognised philologists of his time and son of Italian humanist Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558). The included texts are „de bello Gallico“, „de bello civili“, „de bello Alexandrino“, „de bello Africo“, „de bello Hispaniensi“. A similar edition was published one year before at Elzevier in Leiden. – Cf. Willems 420. – Binding slightly rubbed, inner hinges cracked. Few stains inside. – Best.-Nr. 27003