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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Caesar fol. Foul.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[John Wayles Eppes]]. According to Gaskell's bibliography, the Foulis Press published Caesar's ''Works'' in folio once, in 1750.<ref>Philip Gaskell, ''A Bibliography of The Foulis Press'', 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire, England : St Paul's Bibliographies, 1986), 136-137.</ref> Both Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing include this title and edition as the one intended by Jefferson's notation.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==

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by Julius Caesar

This is the first Foulis edition of Caesar's Commentaries, edited by Samuel Clarke, in the rare large paper issue. "This edition is a very magnificent and rare one, and in considerable request, both on account of the beauty of the impression, and of the great reputation which the Foulises have so justly acquired, by the numerous editions of the Classics published by them." [1]

Bibliographic Information

Author: Julius Caesar

Title: Caii Julii Caesaris et A. Hirtii de Rebus a Caesare Gestis Commentarii

Published: Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis : Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1750.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Caesar fol. Foul. and given by Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes. According to Gaskell's bibliography, the Foulis Press published Caesar's Works in folio once, in 1750.[2] Both Brown's Bibliography[3] and George Wythe's Library[4] on LibraryThing include this title and edition as the one intended by Jefferson's notation.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in full, old polished calf, with brown morocco title label on the spine. Has five raised bands with floral-design gilt tooling in the compartments, triple-line borders around the covers, doubline-line borders on the cover edges, floral & leaf-form tooling along the leather turn-ins. All the edges are stained red with marbled paper endpapers and a light blue silk bookmarker bound in. Purchased from Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. J. W. Moss, Classical Bibliography (1837), Vol. I, p. 236)
  2. Philip Gaskell, A Bibliography of The Foulis Press, 2nd ed. (Winchester, Hampshire, England : St Paul's Bibliographies, 1986), 136-137.
  3. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
  4. LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe