C. Crispi Sallusti

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Item:: 16^th Century Book
Title:: C. Crispi Sallusti De L. Sergy Catilinae Coniuratione, ac Bello Iugurthini Historiae.
Author:: C. Crispi Sallusti
Printer:: Seb. Gryphii
Place of Printing:: Lugundi (Lyon)
Date of Printing:: 1561
Format:: 6.75 x 4.25 inches
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McCune Location:: Sh. 10 #38
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Biography of C. Crispi Sallusti

C. Crispi Sallusti Sallusti (86 B.C. -34 B.C.) was a Roman historian. He went with Julius Caesar to Africa in 46 B.C. to deal with Pompey’s supporters in the Civil War. Caesar then appointed Sallusti as governor of Numidia. Sallusti wrote a history of the war with King Jugurtha of Numidia. This took place 112 B.C. to 104 B.C. and involved Roman generals Marius and Sulla. Sallusti also wrote about the Cataline conspirary (uprising of Lucius Sergius Catilina in Rome in 1st Century B.C.).

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

The Work

De L. Sergy Catilinae Coniuratione, ac Bello Iugurthini Historiae. A history of the Cataline Conspiracy in the First Century B.C. Rome and the War with Jugurtha of Numidia.

Our Copy

Cover is vellum. Griffin printmark on title page. Decorated initial letters. The copy is underlined in many places. At the end of the book is the illustration of a griffin. On the back flyleave is hand printed the name “Gunlteriis Theodori Modaeus” and the date 1652 in Roman numerals.

Printer

Sebastian Gryphius (ca. 1492-1556) was born in Germany in the region of Swabia (or Suabia) but moved to Lyon to become a printer. He was noted for his pocket editions of books. He printed from 1528 to 1556 and was known for the quality of his work. His print mark was a griffin with the slogan “Virtute Duce, Comite Fortuna” (Under the guidance of valor, accompanied by good fortune).

--: [Title] C. Crispi Sallustii. Del. Sergy Catilinae Coniuratione, Ac Bello
: Jugurthino Historiae. [Printmark] Lugduni, Apud Haered Seb. Gryphii 1561
--: C. Crispi Sallustii in M. Tullium Ciceronem Invectiua ...
3-7: Ex Libri Petri Criniti De Historicis, Ac Oratoribus Latinus. Sallustii Vita
7-12: Iacobi Bononiensis in Catilinam Sallustii Annotatiunculae
13-57: C. Crispi Sallustii in Historiam De Coniuratione
57-143: C. Crispi Sallustii De Bello Jugurthino Historia
144-146: C. Crispi Sallustii M. Ciceronem Invectiva
147-154: M. T. Ciceronis in Crispum Sallustium Recriminatio
154-166: M. T. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio Prima
167-179: M. T. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio II
179-191: M. T. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio III
192-203: M. T. Ciceronis Contra Catilinam Oratio IIII
203-228: Porcii Latronis Declamatio Contra L. Sergium Catilinam
229-232: Oratio Lepidi Cons. Ad Pop. Rom. Libris
232-236: Oratio Philippi in Senatu
236-237: Oratio C. Cottae Consulis Ad Populum
237-241: Oratio Marci Trib. Pl. Ad Plebem
241-242: Epitsola Cn. Pompeii Ad Senatum
242-245: Reg Mithridates Regi Arsacis
245-251: Ad C. Caesarem De Republica Ordinanda
251-268: Ad C. Caesarem Oratio De Republica Ordinanda
[9pgs]: Flosculorum Hisce Sallustii Operibus Compraensorum Index
[18pgs]: Index Rerum Ac Sententiarum Insygniorum
--: Illustration of a Griffin