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745Ambitions as a Publisher Commentarii Caesaris, that is to only one of the supplements of the actual vol- ume. It is clear that Strada did not pirate this edition, since he already disposed of the supplements when he obtained the French privilege for his book long before the French edition was ever published. It is difficult to understand exactly what happened. Maybe Strada obtained or even commissioned the supplements through one of his contacts—perhaps Figures 14.23–14.24 Woodcut illustrations from Strada’s 1575 edition of Caesar’s Commentaries: pitched battle between the armies of Caesar and Ambiorix (p. 60) and a double page bird’s eye view of Caesar’s siege of Alesia, defended by Vercingetorix (p. 100).