Sallust, Opera, Lyon, 1551, contemporary calf gilt with coloured interlacings

Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131

SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS, GAIUS

De Lucii Sergii Catilinae conjuratione, ac bello Jugurthino historiae [and other works]. Lyon: Sébastien Gryphe, 1551

16mo (119 x 70mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, ruled in red, contemporary French calf gilt with coloured interlacing, flat spine gilt, gilt and gauffered edges, inscription erased from last leaf, joints repaired

A fine period binding, similar in style to some bindings made for Thomas Mahieu.

LITERATURE:

USTC 150814