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Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon Caesars Com[m]entaries, for Math. Lownes, 1609.
Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon Caesars Com[m]entaries, for Math. Lownes, 1609.
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Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon Caesars Com[m]entaries, woodcut portrait frontispiece, engraved title and 7 double-page or folding plates only (of 12), front endpaper and portrait becoming loose, later calf, upper joint cracked and a little worn at foot, [STC 7491], folio, for Math. Lownes, 1609.

⁂ First published in 1600. "Edmondes . . . supplemented his comments on Roman military practice with observations on contemporary campaigns, including those of the English forces in France and the war in Ireland . . . He also discussed the question of how to deal with an invasion of England" (ODNB).

Provenance: William B. Scott (bookplate).
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Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon Caesars Com[m]entaries, for Math. Lownes, 1609.

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