Baskerville's Sallust and Florus 'C. Crispus Sallustius et L. Annaeus Florus'
Book Description
first edition 4to full gilt decorated calf, ex-libris bookplate and inscription, minor worming to one blank leaf, rebacked [ms note 1933] retaining eps and blanks [1] [2] 198 [3] 199, 102, 200, 205-225 [2] 227, 230-317 [1] few pagination errors with blanks as called for, edges of boards with floral border gilt, central gilt design to boards of portcullis surmounted by crown/rose, same designs alternated along spine, extremities of boards and spine rubbed, losses to remounted spine
Dealer Notes
Sallust (86-c35BC) was an early Roman historian in the time of Julius Caesar The historian Florus (c74-130 AD) lived during the time of the emperors Trajan and Hardrain.
Date
1773
Binding
full calf gilt
Publisher
Birminghamiae: Typis Joannis Baskerville
Condition
good
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