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CAESAR, Caius Julius (100-44 B. C.). Commentarii... Tradotta Del Latino in Volgar Lingua per Agostino Ortica. Venice: Francisco Lorenzini, 1563.

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CAESAR, Caius Julius (100-44 B. C.). Commentarii... Tradotta Del Latino in Volgar Lingua per Agostino Ortica [Della Porta]. Venice: Francisco Lorenzini, 1563. 8vo. ff. 253. [1]. Woodcut publisher's device on title. With five full-page woodcuts and double-page maps of Spain and France. With both blanks HH2 and II8. Contemporary limp vellum, ink titles to spine. A SCARCE EDITION OF THE ESTEEMED ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY AGOSTINO ORTICA DELLA PORTA. 

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Binding worn and soiled and with a few wormholes. Edges stained blue. Some soiling in text, first few leaves with minor worming, with no loss to text or imagery. Contemporary ownership inscription at foot of title-page, old small ink drawing on a blank between the text and the index. A very good copy. 

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There were a number of illustrated editions of Caesar in the sixteenth century, beginning with the Aldine edition of 1513 Mortimer, 96) and the Giunta edition of 1514. These illustrations clearly draw on those from earlier editions, though they are not identical to any that we have located. OCLC notes four copies in America: Berkeley, Duke, Columbia, and Yale. Not in Adams or the BL Italian STC. 

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