tis00058000

Text-inc Id:

tis00058000

Bod-inc Id:

S-017

Headings:

Sallustius Crispus, Gaius Opera: Bellum Catilinae; Bellum Iugurthinum.

Analysis of content:

1. [a1r] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: Bellum Catilinae. ‘De Lucii Catiline coniuratione'.’ Sal. Cat.
2. [c1r] Sallustius Crispus, Gaius: Bellum Iugurthinum. ‘De bello Iugurthe contra populum romanum'.’ Sal. Jug.
3. [g6r] ‘De morte Iugurthe disticon.’ Incipit: ‘Qui cupis ignotum Iugurthe noscere letum | Tarpeie rupis trusus ad ima ruit'; 1 elegiac distich. See Walther, Initia, 15445. On the transmission of this distich see S‑011.

Imprint:

[Basel: Martin Flach, c.1474]. Folio.

Collation:

[a–d¹⁰ e⁸ f g⁶].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00058000 H 14188; Goff S‑58; BMC III 740; Pr 7549; BSB‑Ink S‑28; CIBN S‑26; Rhodes 1545; Sheppard 2390. LCN: 14028177

Copies:

1. S-017(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century dark red morocco, blind-tooled in imitation of a fifteenth-century South German design; gilt-edged leaves; probably bound for John Bellingham Inglis (ex informatione Andrew Honey); the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; gilt-edged leaves; scar of an index tab on [a1r]; brown silk bookmark. The black-letter type and title layout used on the spine is the same as on the spine of BB‑1. Size: 288 × 207 × 20 mm. Size of leaf: 273 × 192 mm. Two- to four-line initials and pilcrows are supplied in red; capital strokes are painted in yellow. Provenance: Jesuits, probably in Konstanz, Switzerland; see obliterated inscription ‘Liber Societatis Jesu C[ ]st[ ]' on [g6r]. John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870); sale (1826), lot 1429. Purchased at Inglis's sale for £5. 2. 6; see Books Purchased (1826), 15. SHELFMARK: Auct. O 4.22.