CÉSAR (Jules). C. Julius Caesaris quae extant... Lot 46

CÉSAR (Jules). C. Julius Caesaris quae extant omnia cum animadversionibus intergris Dion. Vossii, J. Davisii... ut et qui vocatur Julius Celsus De vita et rebus gestis C. Julii Caesaris... Lugd. Batavorum, apoud vid. C. Boutesteyne & S. Luchtmans ; Delpis, apoud A. Beman, 1713. Two parts in one large volume, in-8, [8] f. (including gr. title), 862 p., [26] f. (index, fx-title), 224 p, pl., contemporary ivory vellum, smooth spine, title in ink, gilt fleurons and fillets, boards bordered by a double fillet with central medallion and angular fleurons, trace of laces (two small cracks in spine, gilt faded, scattered russeting and browning, crack in head margin of pp.545-549). An authoritative and scholarly edition, the second part of which includes the Life of Caesar. The illustration, entirely engraved on copper, includes a title by B. Picart, a portrait of Caesar, 3 fold-out maps and 11 plates, 5 of which are fold-outs. Provenance: handwritten prize mention, student's name scratched out, dated 1726 and signed by philosophy professor Gislebertus Vesselus Duker; modern stamp on lower flyleaf.