Sallustius Crispus, De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De bello Iugurthino, [Lyon, Barthélemy Trot? 1510-1512?], eighteenth-century vellum over pasteboards

Sallustius Crispus, Gaius. C. Crispi Sallustii De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De bello Iugurthino. Eiusdem oratio contra M.T. Ciceronem. M.T. Ciceronis oratio contra C. Crispum Sallustium. Eiusdem orationes quatuor contra Lucium Catilinam. Porcii Latronis declamatio contra Lucium Catilinam. Orationes quaedam ex libris historiarum. C. Crispi Sallustii. [Lyon: Barthélemy Trot? 1510-1512?]

[Bound with:] Opera M.T.C. De Officiis Libri tres De Amicitia Liber unus De Senectvte Liber unus Item Paradoxia eivsdem. [1508?]

The first work being "A copy of the 1509 Aldine edition with the date in the preliminary letter changed to 1510. Possibly printed in 1510" (Shaw). In UCLA the date is given as "ca. 1512"; USTC as "Lyon, s.n., 1510." Rare.

The Cicero has "Paradoxa" correctly spelled on the title, without the paging errors noted by Baudrier for two similar editions.

2 works in one volume, 8vo (149 x 87 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: (1) a-s⁸ t⁴: 156 leaves; (2) a-q⁸: 128 leaves, foliated. Red Giuntine lily device to first title, guide letters in initial spaces. (Dampstaining to title-page and a few other leaves of first work, head-edge of a8 repaired, p.167 of first work duplicated on verso of a8 (which should be a blank), small area of working to final quire of second work.)

binding: Eighteenth-century vellum over pasteboards (155 x 98 mm), two dark green morocco labels. (Closed tears to pastedowns, vellum a little spotted, labels chipped at edges.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "G.A. Fiars" endleaf (eighteenth century) — unidentified owner, inscription "J.L. Ewell, Mar. 13, 1906, 6s 6d + postage" on title-page, probably John Louis Ewell (1875-1920), Professor of Old Testament Hebrew Exegesis and Church History, Howard University, Washington, DC — E.K. Schreiber, New York. acquisition: Purchased from E.K. Schreiber, New York, 1998. references: (1) UCLA 1150 (not in collection); Renouard 310/31; FB 85531; USTC 143572; Baudrier, VIII, 420; Gültlingen, II, p.105: 8; Shaw 55; (2) UCLA 1127.5; Renouard 309/29; Shaw 20; Baudrier, VII, 18 (describing two similar, but not identical editions.)