C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri…
CAESAR, Julius.
C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635
12mo. (124 x 70 mm.). Engraved title. Woodcut head- and tail- pieces, woodcut roundel portrait of Caesar and 5 further full-page woodcut illustrations, folding maps of Gaul and Hispania bound in (i.e. not folding), some Greek letter at end. Approximately 4 cm. crease to margin of ffep and title, not touching engraving. Very occasional light scattered spotting. Short closed tear to X4 touching two words of text. Early mss. reader’s notes in a neat hand to final pastedown. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, spine titled in ink; a few small stains to covers, otherwise very good. Contemporary erased ink ownership inscription to fpd and near-contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown ‘Whichcot’; 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to front pastedown. A very good copy.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the 1635 CAESAR, with the buffalo headpieces as called for by Willem. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of the House of Elzevier, the 1635 Caesar has become emblematic, and this is a very nice copy with a noble provenance. Willems calls it “la plus parfaite des productions elzeviriennes…[the most perfect of all Elzeviers].”
William Sandys was a favourite of Henry VIII, rising to be Lord Chamberlain, while Samuel Sandys was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 18th century. The title of Baron Sandys was created for William Sandys and, though re-created later, still exists to this day.
W 420; B 2012; R 410; Copinger 733.
CAESAR, Julius.
C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635
12mo. (124 x 70 mm.). Engraved title. Woodcut head- and tail- pieces, woodcut roundel portrait of Caesar and 5 further full-page woodcut illustrations, folding maps of Gaul and Hispania bound in (i.e. not folding), some Greek letter at end. Approximately 4 cm. crease to margin of ffep and title, not touching engraving. Very occasional light scattered spotting. Short closed tear to X4 touching two words of text. Early mss. reader’s notes in a neat hand to final pastedown. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, spine titled in ink; a few small stains to covers, otherwise very good. Contemporary erased ink ownership inscription to fpd and near-contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown ‘Whichcot’; 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to front pastedown. A very good copy.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the 1635 CAESAR, with the buffalo headpieces as called for by Willem. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of the House of Elzevier, the 1635 Caesar has become emblematic, and this is a very nice copy with a noble provenance. Willems calls it “la plus parfaite des productions elzeviriennes…[the most perfect of all Elzeviers].”
William Sandys was a favourite of Henry VIII, rising to be Lord Chamberlain, while Samuel Sandys was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 18th century. The title of Baron Sandys was created for William Sandys and, though re-created later, still exists to this day.
W 420; B 2012; R 410; Copinger 733.
CAESAR, Julius.
C. Iulii Caesaris quae extant Ex emendatione Ios. Scaligeri…
Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635
12mo. (124 x 70 mm.). Engraved title. Woodcut head- and tail- pieces, woodcut roundel portrait of Caesar and 5 further full-page woodcut illustrations, folding maps of Gaul and Hispania bound in (i.e. not folding), some Greek letter at end. Approximately 4 cm. crease to margin of ffep and title, not touching engraving. Very occasional light scattered spotting. Short closed tear to X4 touching two words of text. Early mss. reader’s notes in a neat hand to final pastedown. Contemporary vellum over paper boards, spine titled in ink; a few small stains to covers, otherwise very good. Contemporary erased ink ownership inscription to fpd and near-contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown ‘Whichcot’; 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys to front pastedown. A very good copy.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of the 1635 CAESAR, with the buffalo headpieces as called for by Willem. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of the House of Elzevier, the 1635 Caesar has become emblematic, and this is a very nice copy with a noble provenance. Willems calls it “la plus parfaite des productions elzeviriennes…[the most perfect of all Elzeviers].”
William Sandys was a favourite of Henry VIII, rising to be Lord Chamberlain, while Samuel Sandys was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 18th century. The title of Baron Sandys was created for William Sandys and, though re-created later, still exists to this day.
W 420; B 2012; R 410; Copinger 733.