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CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS)
The Commentaries, J. and R. Tonson, 1753

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS)

The Commentaries, translated by W. Duncan, engraved portrait, 78 plates (55 double-page) and 6 double-page maps, first gathering repaired at gutter and strengthened at margins, tears into text of Dedication, one leaf trimmed down, tears to index leaves (with loss to 4X1), contemporary russia, rebacked and recornered, folio (425 x 260mm.), J. and R. Tonson, 1753

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