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CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. Commentarii. Milan, Phillippus Lavagna, 1478. Folio, old vellum, bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork. 151 leaves (lacking fol. 132 blank), 42 lines, rubricated throughout. 5 line inscription in Latin on final leaf, reading in translation, "This book was bought by Lord Henry (H)eddet(r) the 27th Abbot of the church of the Blessed Mary for (?) the chapel of All the Saints in the year of our lord 1480. [space] This book belongs to the church of the Blessed Mary and (?) the chapel of All the Saints of the Cistercian Order and Diocese of Tournai in Flanders". The cathedral in Tournai is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, so it is assumed this is the church meant. Hain 4216; Proctor 5861; British Library catalogue IB. 26152. With pencil note on verso of lower cover "Collated & perfect for B. Quaritch, WR Knox Jan 10/68". See illustrations. £3000-5000