Caesar, Commentarii [Italian], Venice, Aldus, 1547, later vellum

Caesar, Gaius Julius. Commentarii di Gaio Giulio Cesare, tradotti di latino in volgar lingua per Agostino Ortica della Porta Genovese, nuovamente in piu luoghi al vero senso dell'auttore ridotti, et con diligentia ricorretti, con la tavola di tutte le cose piu notabili. Venice: sons of Aldo Manuzio, 1547

Agostino Ortica della Porta's Italian translation was first printed in 1517.

8vo (160 x 103 mm). Italic text, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A¹⁰ B-Z⁸ AA-HH⁸ II¹⁰: 260 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and final verso, two double-page maps of Spain and Gaul, five plates, final blank with early manuscript notations. (Wormhole, faint dampstaining to lower margin.)

binding: Later vellum over boards (163 x 107 mm), smooth spine with border of gilt dots framing gilt-lettered title in upper compartment, and gilt fish scale pattern in the lower, edges speckled red. (Slight soiling.)

provenance: Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington (1563-1637), bookplate [by descent to] Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington (1780-1858), bookplate — Sir James Lacaita (1813-1895), bookplate and inscription. acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1991. references: UCLA 372; Edit16 8167; Renouard 142/10