C. Crispi Sallusti

CoverCoverEx Libris

Item:

16^th Century Book

Title:

C. Crispi Sallusti De Coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Iugurthino.

Author:

Gaius Sallustius Crispus

Printer:

Aldus Manutius

Place of Printing:

Venice

Date of Printing:

1509

Format:

Octavo

Language:

 

McCune Location:

Sh. 10 #39

Reference:

 

Authors and Commentators

Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-34 B.C.) was a Roman historian. He had acted as governor of Africa Nova.

Title

Bartolomeo Liviano d’Alviano (1455-1515). Venetian general who fought the Holy Roman army in 1508 and defeated it.

De Coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Iugurthino

The preface to the book is to the famous Venetian general Bartholemeo Liviano. The first part of the book (De Coniuratione Catilinae) deals with the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina against the Roman Republic in 63 B.C. The second part of the book (Eiusdem De Bello Jugurthino) concerns the war against Numida. The final part of the book is “Eiusdem oratio contra M. T. Ciceronum” which is an attack on Cicero, along with other additional pieces.

Our Copy

6.75 inches x 4.5 inches. Printer’s mark of the dolphin and anchor on the cover and on the title page. Chapters are marked by spaces where decorated letters would go. Contemporary ownership entries handwritten on title page, including the years 1621, 1722, 1877 and 1911. Marginal handwritten notes throughout the book. At the end of the book it is mentioned that the book is registered and contains a sample of the alphabet used. The registration is in Venice to Aedibus Aldi and Andraeae A Sulani (i.e., Aldius Manutius and Andrea Torresani).

There are two ex libris plates at the beginning of the book: “Dr. Jur Utr Konrad Weidling” and “Dr. Jur Fritz Weidling”. These lithography book plates were probably produced by the book plate artist Joseph Sattler (1867-1931). Fritz Weidling was Friedrich Wilhelm Weidling (1821-1902) and Konrad Weidling (1861-1911) was his son. Konrad wrote a number of books, some concerning the German booktrade. Friedrich was part of the publishing firm of Haude & Spenersche Buchhandlung (F. Weidling) in Berlin.

Printer

Aldus Manutius (1450-1515) was born near Rome. He was a scholar who acted as tutor to the children of the Duke of Capri. He then entered the printing business and later combined with an established printer, Andrea Torresano. The printer’s mark used for the business was the Anchor and Dolphin. The anchor was the symbol for slowness and the dolphin was the symbol for speed. Together they stood for the motto “Make haste slowly.”

Andrea Torresani of Asola (1451-1529). Venetian printer who learned the printing trade from Nicholas Jenson and obtained Jenson’s fonts. Aldus Manutius married Torresani’s daughter and so the two men went into a printing partnership.

Contents

• C. Crispi Sallustii De Conjuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Jugurthino. Eiusdem Oratio Contra M.T. Ciceronem. M.T. Ciceronis Oratorio Contra C. Crispu Sallustium. Eiusdem orationes Quatuor Cotra Lucium Catilina. Porcii Latronis Declamatio Contra Lucium Catalina. Orationes Quaedam Ex Libris Historiarum C. Crispi Sallustii. [Printmark] Dolphin around Anchor.
  • C. Crispi Sallustii De Conjuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Jugurthino.
  • Eiusdem Oratio Contra M.T. Ciceronem. M.T. Ciceronis Oratorio Contra C.
  • Crispu Sallustium. Eiusdem orationes Quatuor Cotra Lucium Catilina. Porcii
  • Latronis Declamatio Contra Lucium Catalina. Orationes Quaedam Ex Libris
  • Historiarum C. Crispi Sallustii. [Printmark] Dolphin around Anchor.
• Blank Page
  • 1-34 C. Crispi Sallustii Liber De Conivratio Ne Catilinae
  • 34-39 Caesaris Oratio
  • 39-46 Oratio M. Catonis
  • 46-50 Oratio Catilinae
  • 50-60 C. Crispi Sallustii De Bello Jururthino Liber
  • 60-76 Adherbalis Verba
  • 76-120 C. Memmii Oratio
  • 120-147 Oratio Marii
• Blank Page
  • 149-152 Crispi Sallustii Inmt Ciceronem Oratio
  • 152-159 M.T. Ciceronis in Crispum Sallustium Oratio
  • 160-174 M. Tul. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio Prima
  • 174-187 M. Tul. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio Secunda
  • 188-201 M. Tul. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio Tertia
  • 202-214 M. Tul. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio Quarta
  • 215-243 Porcii Latronis Declamatio Contra Lucium Sergium Catilinam
  • 243-247 Oratio Lepidi Con. Ad Populum R. Ex Libris Historiarum
  • 247-251 Oratio Philippi in Senatu
  • 251-253 Oratio C. Cottae Consulis Ad Populum
  • 253-257 Oratio Macri Tri Pl Ad Plebem
  • 257-258 Epistola Cn. Pomp. Ad Senatum
  • 258-261 Rex Mithridates Regi Arsaci S
  • 262-279 Ad C. Caesarem De Republica Ordinanda
  • 279 Venetiis in Aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Sulani Soceri Mense April 1509. Registrum
• [Printmark] Dolphin around Anchor

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