SALLUSTE. Conjuratio catilinae, et Bellum Iugurthinum. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 157…
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SALLUSTE.

Conjuratio catilinae, et Bellum Iugurthinum. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1570. 16 pages, fawn calf, framed with gilt fillets and brown listel, gilt plate with blue wax decoration of scrolls and foliage on an azure background, the centre left in reserve, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). Baudrier, t. VIII, p. 354. Edition published and commented by Aldus Manutius. A FINE COPY, IN A CONTEMPORARY LYON BINDING DECORATED WITH A GILT PLATE AND ENHANCED WITH WAX. Some light foxing. Minor damage to the headpieces, two jaws cracked.

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