Cesare Caio Giulio. - Commentarii di C. Giulio Caesare - 1547

Cesare Caio Giulio. Commentarii di C. Giulio Caesare. Venice, Paolo Manuzio 1547. A rare illustrated edition of Caesar's Commentaries translated into the vernacular by Agostino Ortica della Porta. The work covers Caesar’s main campaigns in Gaul, the Civil War, the Alexandrine War, the African War, and the Spanish War. Full parchment binding. Large typographic mark engraved on the frontispiece and repeated on the last page. Two maps of Gaul and Spain. Illustrated by five plates depicting siege scenes and military technique. Dimensions: 16 x 10 cm, 256 pages (leaf numbering). Frontispiece reprinted. Restoration at the margin of the last leaf. Very good condition.