The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War.

DUNCAN, William. [Julius Caesar].

Item Number: 135885

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, and R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall, 1755.

Finely bound 18th century printing of Duncan’s English translation of Caesar’s Commentaries. Octavo, two volumes, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps, 1 folding engraved plate. In very good condition.

"The translator has in a great measure caught the spirit of his author, and… has preserved Caesar’s turn of phrase and expression” (Brueggemann, 520-21).