C. Crispi Sallusti

Book CaseTitle

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

Language:

 

McCune Location:

Sh. 10 #38

Reference:

 

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).

Contents

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[Title] C. Crispi Sallustii. Del. Sergy Catilinae Coniuratione, Ac Bello

 

Jugurthino Historiae. [Printmark] Lugduni, Apud Haered Seb. Gryphii 1561

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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

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Flosculorum Hisce Sallustii Operibus Compraensorum Index

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Index Rerum Ac Sententiarum Insygniorum

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Illustration of a Griffin

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