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1575. Splendidly bound in full leather with bright gilt armorial design bordered by 3 gilt rectangles with square floretts at each corner, on the front and rear boards. Handsome floral gold tooling and bright lettering along the spine. With numerous fine engravings throughout (the one on p. 14 is signed 1A). All edges are gilded. Very high quality paper, supple and white with splendid, crisp engravings throughout. This copy was purchased at a sale at The Vernon House * in Newport, RI. It is annotated with 3 pages of fine pen and ink handwriting in French from the 1800s, perhaps by more than one hand. There are occasional dates of 1803 and 1806 in the margins among the text of notes and comments. A unique copy of this volume with commentaries and annotations from a serious military scholar (unlikely the Comte de Rochambeau) of Caesar's achievements on the battlefield. *The Vernon House is a historic house at 46 Clarke Street in Newport, Rhode Island. The house is an architecturally distinguished colonial-era house with a construction history probably dating back to the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century, possibly by architect Peter Harrison. During the American Revolutionary War this house served as the headquarters of the Comte de Rochambeau, commander of the French forces stationed in Newport 1780-83. The house was designated aNational Historic Landmark in 1968. (Wikipedia)Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725 1807) was a French nobleman and general who played a major role in helping the Thirteen Colonies win independence during the American Revolution. During this time, he served as commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force that embarked from France in order to help the American Continental Army fight against British forces. He landed at Newport, Rhode Island on July 10 but was held there inactive for a year due to his reluctance to abandon the French fleet blockaded by the British in Narragansett Bay. The College in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations served as an encampment site for some of Rochambeau's troops, and the College Edifice was converted into a military hospital, now known asUniversity Hall.[3] In July 1781, Rochambeau's force left Rhode Island and marched across Connecticut to join Washington on the Hudson River in Mount Kisco, New York. From July 6 to August 18, 1781, the Odell farm served as Rochambeau's headquarters.[4] There then followed the celebrated march of the combined forces, the siege of Yorktown, and the Battle of the Chesapeake. On September 22, they combined with the Marquis de Lafayette's troops and forced Lord Cornwallis to surrender on October 19. In recognition of his services, the Congress of the Confederation presented him with two cannons taken from the British. Rochambeau returned them to Vendôme, and they were requisitioned in 1792. (Wikipedia) The primary historical source for the Gallic Wars is Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico in Latin, which is one of the best surviving examples of unadornedLatin prose. It has consequently been a subject of intense study for Latinists, and is one of the classic prose sources traditionally used as a standard teaching text in modern Latin education. The Gallic Wars have become a popular setting in modern historical fiction, especially that of Franceand Italy. Claude Cueni wrote a semi-historical novel, The Caesar's Druid, about a fictional Celtic druid, servant of Caesar and recorder of Caesar's campaigns. Morgan Llewelyn also wrote a book, Druids, about a Celtic druid who assisted Vercingetorix in his campaign against Julius Caesar. Similarly, Norman Spinrad's The Druid King follows the campaigns fromVercingetorix's perspective.[34] In addition, the comic Astérix is set shortly after the Gallic Wars, where the titular character's village is the last holdout in Gaul against Caesar's legions. A popular series by Conn Iggulden called, The Emperor, depicts the Gallic Wars.