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Title from ISTC Imprint derived from colophon (s7 recto): Anno Christi M. CCCClxxvii die uero x mensis Februarii. Hoc opus diligenter emendatum Antonius Zarothus Parmensis huius preclare artis magister politissimus quam maxima potuit diligentia impressit Edited by Petrus Justinus Philelphus Includes the De bello Gallico liber primus-septimus, the eighth book of the De bello Gallico attributed to Aulus Hirtius, the De bello civili liber primus-tertius, and the Bellum Alexandrinum (De bello civili liber quartus), Bellum Africum (De bello civili liber quintus, and Bellum Hispaniense (De bello civili liber sextus) attributed to either Aulus Hirtius or C. Oppius Signatures: a-g⁸ h¹⁰ i-s⁸ A-B⁸ C⁶ (s8=blank). Super-chancery folio; a3 recto: 41 lines, 228 x 132 mm; type: 111R(b1); initial spaces, most with guide letters. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C19 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, 714 Incunabula short title catalogue, ic00019000 COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.1 FOLIO: the index, comprising all of gatherings A, B, and C, bound-in at front. Upper left margins of gathering A pierced. Leaf a2 recto illuminated, with three-quarter border of white vines over background of blue, green, and red. Modern pencil foliation in upper right margins. Leaf dimensions: 317 x 210 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.1 FOLIO with bookplate of the BPL Charlotte Harris Fund. Early inscription on front pastedown: "Ad uso del P. Gabriele dal Sasso [...]." Early, struck-out ownership inscription on a1 recto. Autograph of Bartolomeo Cerri on a1 recto, a1 verso (struck out), and A1 recto. Unidentified coat of arms, per fess sable, a lion issuant holding a branch, gules (above) and vert (below) on a2 recto. Dealer's prices and codes at front. Purchased Feb. 1901. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.1 FOLIO quarterbound in ca
