Jules César & N. Perrot d'Ablancourt - Les Commentaires de Cesar - 1699

Rare 1699 edition assembling the famous Commentaries of Julius Caesar in the French translation by Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt, one of the most important translators of classical literature in the 17th century, and corresponding to a newly augmented edition notably including a table of contents, published by Jean-Baptiste and Nicolas de Ville in Lyon -

The work essentially constitutes the account of the military campaigns and political operations conducted by Caesar during his ascent to power and presents an exceptional testimony on the Roman wars of the 1st century BC, in particular on the conquest of Gaul, the clashes with the Gaulish peoples, the expeditions in Britain, the military operations against Pompey’s forces and the final episodes of the civil wars -

The heart of the work is formed by the seven books of the War of the Gauls, in which Caesar relates year after year the campaigns conducted between 58 and 52 BC, describing the peoples encountered, the territories traversed, the alliances formed, the revolts, the sieges, the battles and the strategies used by the Roman army -

Julius Caesar & N. Perrot d'Ablancourt - The Commentaries of Caesar - 1699 - Jean Bapt. & Nicolas de Ville -
518 Pages.

Good binding condition, the work in its full brown calf leather of the period, wear from use, some minor defects on covers and spine, cracks at the head and on the rear joint, corners worn, speckled edges, spine with gilt decorations, gilded title -

Good interior condition, browning, nice vignette on title page, drop caps, pretty headbands, beautiful initial, superb engraving on frontispiece, handwritten annotations on one guard, good copy -

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