Professor Michael Suarez, in the Lyell Lectures 2015, locates the visual sources of a famous illustrated edition of Caesar's works and comments on the social and political significance of the subscription plate book.
Naming Names: Underwriting Patronage in Tonson's Caesar (1712)
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