Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

37 38 c CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii. [32], 523, [109] pages, including 5 full-page woodcut illustrations of fortifications and 2 double-page woodcut maps of Gaul and Iberia. bound with : EUTROPIUS, FLAVIUS. Epitome belli Gallici ex Suetonii Tranquilli Monumentis quae desiderantur. 134, [17] pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 167x104 mm, contemporary vellum boards with gilt oval arabesque stamp on covers, spine heavily soiled, missing portion at top; light soiling on title to Caesar, occasional dampstaining in blank lower outer corners, marginal dampstaining toward end of Eutropius, front free endpaper loose. Schreiber 72-73. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1544; 1544 [400/600] 39 c CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. The Commentaries . . . Of his Warres in Gallia, and the CivileWarres. English translation and commentary by Sir Clement Edmondes.14 engraved plates, including 9 double-page. [48], 196; [2], 142, 10, [2] pages, including engraved additional title (“Observations upon Caesars Commentaries”), portrait of Caesar, and final blank. Folio, 284x189 mm, 20th-century tan calf with leather lettering piece, minor spotting and light scratches on covers;occasional toning,small hole in B1 and B4 slightly affecting text.Wing C199. London: R[oger] Daniel for Henry Twyford et al., 1655 [400/600] 40 c CALLIMACHUS. Hymni, epigrammata et fragmenta. Greek text with Latin translation and commentary by Anne Dacier. [20], 262, [58] pages. 4to, 213x161 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, spine worn, ends chipped, cover corners worn through; occasional light toning and marginal foxing, scattered pencil underscoring, stain along top edge of opening leaves, bookplate removed. Signature of the classical scholar and bibliographer Johann Albrecht Fabricius (1668-1736) on the title. Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1675 [200/300] first dacier edition , her first book. Hoffmann I, 429.