[Classical antiquity] Caesar, Gaius Julius. Aantekeningen der Gallische, Burgerlyke, Alexandrynsche,

Africaansche, en Hispanische Oorlogen. Uyt het Latyn verduischt door Abraham Bogaert. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1709, 2 vols. (16),341,(27); (4),381,(31) p., w. 2 ident. title vignettes and 12 engr. plates (4x fold.), cont. unif. speckled calf w, gilt and ribbed spine, sm. 8vo.

Vol. 1 w. sm. ink stains on title-p., top of spine chipped and joints loosening at foot of spine, some outer corners sl. worn. A good copy of the first edition of the first complete Dutch translation of Julius Caesar's military commentaries. The plates show the art of warfare at the time, and include a fine view of the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria. Geerebaert, XCVIII-3; De Rynck en Welkenhuysen, p. 127.