Caesar, Commentaria, Lyon, Huyon, 1519, later leather-backed boards

Caesar, Gaius Julius. Commentaria Caesaris nuperrime impressa ab omnibus erratis accurate castigata et in congruam formam redacta, quibus singula decenter adduntur cum figuris Galliae ac Pontis et aliorum locorum, praeter haec etiam addita est Hispaniae descriptio. (Lyon: Guillaume Huyon [for heirs of Baldazare de Gabiano?], 20 December 1519)

A Lyon counterfeit edition.

8vo (150 x 92 mm). Italic type, 32 lines plus headline. collation: A-B⁸ a-z⁸ aa-kk⁸: 280 leaves (B8 blank). Title printed in red and black within woodcut border, woodcut initials, 2 double-page woodcut maps of Gaul and Spain, full-page woodcut illustrations, ink drawing on verso of title-page imitating the border with the cross in the center. (Title-page very slightly frayed, slight damp-staining towards end.)

binding: Early nineteenth century leather-backed orange marbled boards (155 x 105 mm), paper label on spine, blue speckled edges. (Binding and joints rubbed.)

provenance: Ratclilffe College, Leicester (armorial bookplate) — Swann Galleries, New York, 5 February 1981, lot 65. acquisition: Purchased at preceding sale via Jonathan Hill. references: UCLA 1165; Renouard 314/54; von Gültlingen, III, p.111; not in Shaw