Accession number
PML 49199
Creator
Sallust, 86-34 B.C.
Published
Lugduni Batavorum : Ex officina Elzeviriana, Anno 1634.
Credit line
Gift of Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1958.
Notes
Edited by M.Z. Boxhorn, to whom the dedication is addressed. Cf. Willems.
The Elzeviers published 4 distinct editions under this date. The first has [24] prelim. p. and [38] p. at end; the 3 reimpressions each have [16] prelim. p. and [34] p. at end. On p. 216 the first and second reimpressions have a Medusa tailpiece (Rahir 58); in the third the Medusa has been replaced by a typographical ornament (Rahir 57). The first and second reimpressions are distinguished by the running title at head of the last page of the index: the first has Index rerum memorabilium; the second has Index rerum memorab. Cf. Willems.
Headpieces; tailpiece; initial.
Engraved title-page by Cornelius Claeszoon Duysend.
T.p. verso blank.
PML copy is 3rd impression.
Includes index.
The Elzeviers published 4 distinct editions under this date. The first has [24] prelim. p. and [38] p. at end; the 3 reimpressions each have [16] prelim. p. and [34] p. at end. On p. 216 the first and second reimpressions have a Medusa tailpiece (Rahir 58); in the third the Medusa has been replaced by a typographical ornament (Rahir 57). The first and second reimpressions are distinguished by the running title at head of the last page of the index: the first has Index rerum memorabilium; the second has Index rerum memorab. Cf. Willems.
Headpieces; tailpiece; initial.
Engraved title-page by Cornelius Claeszoon Duysend.
T.p. verso blank.
PML copy is 3rd impression.
Includes index.
Description
[16], 310, [34] pages : portrait ; 14 cm (12mo)
Provenance
Robert Hoe, book label and inscription: "Supposed to be the tallest Elzevier Sallust extant;" Hoe sale, Anderson, part 1, 24 April 1911, lot 2884; Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Mrs. Archer M. Huntington, March 1958.
Binding
18th-century(?) gilt-tooled dark green morocco.
Classification
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Department