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SALLUSTE. C. Crispi Sallustii. De L. Sergii Catilinae coniuratione, ac Bello Iugurthino historiae. Eiusdem in M. T. Ciceronem Inuectiua. M. T. Cic. in C. Crispum Sallustium Recriminatio. Porcij Latronis Declamatio contre L. Catilinam. Fragmenta quaedam ex libris historiarum C. Crispi Sallustij. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1554. - In-16, 119 x 72 : 271 pp. Brown calf, boards decorated with gilt interlacing and painted with wax in red, black, gray and violet, smooth spine decorated with three compartments of crossed irons delimited by four borders composed of a gilt roulette between two bands painted in red, gilt edges (period binding). New and rare Latin edition of Salluste's works, printed in italics by Sébastien Gryphe. A splendid and precious copy, fully ruled, in a period binding with richly decorated wax-painted tracery. In all likelihood, this is a Parisian binding. A few old annotations in the margins. Missing cloth ties, some light repainting, small cracks at first board hinge. Wormhole in the gutter margin, not serious, but not affecting the text. Provenance: Truchet, with signature accompanied by the date 1554 on the bottom of the title. - Jacobo Sarraceno for Joan Sarraceno, with handwritten ex-dono on verso of first endpaper. - Mr. Mainville, with signature on front flyleaf, dated 1706.
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SALLUSTE. C. Crispi Sallustii. De L. Sergii Catilinae coniuratione, ac Bello Iugurthino historiae. Eiusdem in M. T. Ciceronem Inuectiua. M. T. Cic. in C. Crispum Sallustium Recriminatio. Porcij Latronis Declamatio contre L. Catilinam. Fragmenta quaedam ex libris historiarum C. Crispi Sallustij. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1554. - In-16, 119 x 72 : 271 pp. Brown calf, boards decorated with gilt interlacing and painted with wax in red, black, gray and violet, smooth spine decorated with three compartments of crossed irons delimited by four borders composed of a gilt roulette between two bands painted in red, gilt edges (period binding). New and rare Latin edition of Salluste's works, printed in italics by Sébastien Gryphe. A splendid and precious copy, fully ruled, in a period binding with richly decorated wax-painted tracery. In all likelihood, this is a Parisian binding. A few old annotations in the margins. Missing cloth ties, some light repainting, small cracks at first board hinge. Wormhole in the gutter margin, not serious, but not affecting the text. Provenance: Truchet, with signature accompanied by the date 1554 on the bottom of the title. - Jacobo Sarraceno for Joan Sarraceno, with handwritten ex-dono on verso of first endpaper. - Mr. Mainville, with signature on front flyleaf, dated 1706.
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