Lot 6
Sallustius Crispus (Caius) De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino, second Aldine edition, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [January, 1521].
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Sallustius Crispus (Caius) De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino, [edited by Gian Francesco Torresani], collation: a-t8, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, t7 blank, some water-staining to final sig., occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, later vellum over boards, some spotting, 8vo (149 x 89mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [January, 1521].
⁂ Second Aldine edition, where the text of the 1509 edition has been corrected by Gian Francesco Torresani. Includes Aldus' original preface, along with a new preface by the editor.
Provenance: 'Purchased from H.E. Heineman, April, 1958' (pencil note to rear free endpaper); thereafter remaining with our vendor.
Literature: Adams S147; Ahmanson-Murphy 194; Renouard 93:16; EDIT 16 CNCE 53893.
Description
Sallustius Crispus (Caius) De coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino, [edited by Gian Francesco Torresani], collation: a-t8, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., initial spaces with guide-letters, t7 blank, some water-staining to final sig., occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, later vellum over boards, some spotting, 8vo (149 x 89mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [January, 1521].
⁂ Second Aldine edition, where the text of the 1509 edition has been corrected by Gian Francesco Torresani. Includes Aldus' original preface, along with a new preface by the editor.
Provenance: 'Purchased from H.E. Heineman, April, 1958' (pencil note to rear free endpaper); thereafter remaining with our vendor.
Literature: Adams S147; Ahmanson-Murphy 194; Renouard 93:16; EDIT 16 CNCE 53893.