C. Crispi Sallustius Quae Exstant [= The Works of Sallust which Remain]

2 vol. 4to. [12], 1-494; [2], 1-400; [110], 1-523, [index unpaginated] pp. Contemporary calf with gold decorations on the boards' edges, the spines in six compartments, spines with gold decorations and a brown leather label lettered in gold; all edges sprinkled red. Title pages done in red and black, each with the publisher's device engraved. Volumes one and two illustrated with woodcut initials, volume two with woodcut tailpieces and in-text woodcuts. Text and notes in Latin. Completing the title page: Cum notis integris Glareani, Rivii, Ciacconii, Ursini, Carrionis, Manutii, Coleri, C. et A. Popmae, Palmerii, Putschii, Douzae, Gruteri, Ruperti, Graswinckelii, et Josephi Wasse. Atque selectis Castilionei, Zanchii, J. Fr. Gronovii, Jani Broukhusii, &c. Accedunt Julius Exsuperantius et Porcius Latro, ut et Fragmenta Historicum, cum notis integris A. Popmae, Coleri, Ruperti, Wasse, Broukhusii, &c. Cura Sigeberti Havercampi. Cum indicibus copiosissimis. Dibdin 386. Moss 561. With Graswinkelius' Commentary on the Conspiracy of Catiline, Ruperti's Observations, and a tract from Ausonius Popma which contains a short biography of Sallust and other Roman historians. Contains Sallust's surviving fragments from his Histories of Rome, and Sallust's work on the Conspiracy of Catiline and his work on the Jugurthine War, both of which survive complete. Sallust is the earliest Roman historian from whom we have suriving writings. He would often include passages on morality and passages praising a government that included the voice of the people in his histories. Sallust's work would later influence both medieval monarchs and several figures in the American revolution. This is a large and attractively done edition. Near Very Good. Three of the four joints gently exposed but holding, the crown of volume one’s spine rubbed away. Volume one’s rear board somewhat bowed. The leaves are clean and bright.…