Caesar, Julius C. Iulii Caesaris Quae Exstant... Lot n° 885

Caesar, Julius C. Iulii Caesaris Quae Exstant ex nupera Viri docti accuratissima recognitione. With a half-page woodcut map, some text woodcuts u. 2 final vignettes. With new page count: In C. Ivl. Caesaris Commentarios Notae, Adnotationes, Commentarii Frankfurt, Aubrius Marnius, 1606. 8 ll., 450 pp., 579 pp. HPgt. (rubbed and bumped, somewhat stained). With a half page woodcut map, text woodcuts and 2 woodcut vignettes. With new pagination: In C. Ivl. Caesaris Commentarios Notae, Adnotationes, Commentarii Frankfurt, Aubrius Marnius, 1606. 8 sheets, 450 p., 579 p. Half parchment (rubbed and bumped, stained). The rare first edition. - Without the 3 printed maps (I: Romani Imperii typus, II: Galliae veteris desriptio, III. typus Hyspaniae veteris). - Includes Caesar's famous commentary (books I-VII) on the Gallic War (58 to 51/50 B.C.) and the 8th book by Aulus Hirtius in Latin and Ancient Greek as well as a commentary. - Browned and partly waterstained. With handwritten ownership note and lat. annotations of the Saxon. Scholar and Deacon M. Christian Friedemann Martinis and his lat. addition 'Inferjo Muelis (?) Joann. Schefferj'. The rare first edition with the Old Greek text. Second publication after the Roman edition of 1469. Pierer's Universal-Lexicon 3, 728. - The 3 folded maps (I: Romani Imperii typus, II: Galliae veteris desriptio, III. Typus Hyspaniae veteris) are missing. - Contains Caesar's famous commentary (Books I-VII) on the Gallic War (58 to 51/50 B.C.) and the 8th book by Aulus Hirtius in Latin and ancient Greek as well as a commentary section. - Browned and partly water-margined. With hss. Ownership note a. Latin annotations by the Saxon scholar a. deacon. Scholar and deacon M. Christian Friedemann Martinis, supplemented by the Latin addition 'Inferjo Muelis (?) Joann. Schefferj'. Title stamped with 'Großherzogl. Gymnasium' (Eisenach).