1875 Ancient Classics for English Readers: Commentaries of Caesar & Tacitus

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Two volumes bound into one, from a twenty-eight volume set bound in fourteen volumes. Part of the Ancient Classics for English Readers series. This volume contains: The Commentaries of Caesar, 1875. Julius Caesar's first-hand account of the Gallic Wars. In which Caesar describes the battles that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Celtic and Germanic peoples in Gaul who opposed Roman conquest. Retold by Anthony Trollope, an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Tacitus, 1873. A detailed study of the life and works of Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, a Roman historian and politician widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. Written by William Bodham Donne, an English journalist, known also as a librarian and theatrical censor. Edited by Reverend William Lucas Collins, a Church of England priest and essayist.