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(CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS.) Edmondes, Clement, Sir. Observations upon Caesars Commentaries [with the text of Caesar in translation by Edmondes]. 12 engraved plates, all but 2 double-page or folding. [8], 7, [1], 204 [i. e., 208]; 218, [2] pages, including engraved title, woodcut portrait of Caesar, and final blank. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 286x188 mm, contemporary calf with gilt arabesque centerpiece on covers, extremities rubbed, spine chipped at top, missing bottom compartment, lacking ties and front endpapers; occasional light dampstaining in blank upper margins, outer margin of folding plates cropped, title and next 2 leaves frayed along fore edge, paper crack in inner portion of plate facing page 86 in the first part, later marginal note in ink on page 190 in second part. Later signature of Rebecca Ayre on title verso. London: Mathew Lownes, 1609
First published in 1600. "Edmondes . . . supplemented his comments on Roman military practice with observations on contemporary campaigns, including those of the English forces in France and the war in Ireland . . . He also discussed the question of how to deal with an invasion of England" (ODNB).
