Caesar (Julius). The Commentaries of C. Julius Caesar of his Wars in Gallia; and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey. Translated into English ... by Clement Edmonds, London: Tho. Newcomb, for Jonathan Edwin, 1677. Folio, contemporary calf, 15 engraved plates including portrait (a few double-page), incomplete, lacking at least the final 8 pp. (list of contents and advertisement leaf), occasional soiling, title-page laid down, portrait frontispiece of Caesar (pi1) repaired and misbound before 'The Life of C. Julius Caesar', plate between pp. 46-7 laid down, marginal worming towards front and rear, a few other marks. Provenance: from the library of John Jackson Academy Place, Warrington, then presented to the Warrington Museum & Library by John Gordon McMinnies, October 1875 (presentation plate to front pastedown; white ink shelfmark to spine). ESTC R16632. Edmonds's translation was first published in 1604.
Caesar (Julius). The Commentaries of C. Julius Caesar of his Wars in Gallia; and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey. Translated into English ... by Clement Edmonds, London: Tho. Newcomb, for Jonathan Edwin, 1677. Folio, contemporary calf, 15 engraved plates including portrait (a few double-page), incomplete, lacking at least the final 8 pp. (list of contents and advertisement leaf), occasional soiling, title-page laid down, portrait frontispiece of Caesar (pi1) repaired and misbound before 'The Life of C. Julius Caesar', plate between pp. 46-7 laid down, marginal worming towards front and rear, a few other marks. Provenance: from the library of John Jackson Academy Place, Warrington, then presented to the Warrington Museum & Library by John Gordon McMinnies, October 1875 (presentation plate to front pastedown; white ink shelfmark to spine). ESTC R16632. Edmonds's translation was first published in 1604.
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