Sallustius Crispus, Opera, [Lyon, Jacques Myt? for Baldazare de Gabiano?], 1504, early twentieth-century brown morocco

Sallustius Crispus, Gaius. Salustius. [Lyon: Jacques Myt? for Baldazare de Gabiano?], 5 November 1504 [but after 1513]

A rare Lyon counterfeit of the Aldine Sallust, described by Shaw as the earliest dated imitation known to him.

8vo (162 x 96 mm). Italic type, 30 lines. collation: a-o⁸ p⁴: 116 unnumbered leaves. Guide letters in initial spaces. (Title-page a little soiled.)

binding: Early twentieth-century brown morocco (166 x 100 mm), two gilt fillets around sides, "A" inside gilt six-pointed star on upper cover, "M" on lower, marbled endpapers. (Upper cover detached, joints rubbed.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, supralibros, "A" inside gilt six-point star on upper cover, "M" on lower cover — Charles W. Clark (1871-1933); The Library of Charles W. Clark (San Francisco 1920), VI, pp.56-57 — Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia. acquisition: Purchased from John Fleming, New York, 1962. references: UCLA 1115; Renouard 308/23; Shaw 44 (Trot?); Baudrier, VII, 20