CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. I Commentari. 40 double-page etched plates of military subjects by Andrea Palladio, but lacking plates R and S, with plates AA and BB in duplicate; 2 double-page maps of the Iberian peninsula and France. [46] (of [48]), 407 pages; lacks blank *4. 4to, 208x153 mm, 18th-century vellum boards with leather lettering piece; occasional marginal soiling and foxing, dampstain in outer margin of opening leaves, most plates trimmed in outer margin close to image. Venice: Pietro de' Franceschi, 1575
first palladio edition of the 1554 Italian translation by Francesco Baldelli of Caesar's war narratives. In addition to the illustrations Palladio provided an introductory essay on the Roman military. Fowler 237; Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 97.
