Lot 208 , Sallust - Latinorum Historicorum Praestantisimi, Opera, quae quidem extant.....engraved title device; (7, 591,15) pp. old half calf and marbled boards, sometime rebacked gilt lettered panelled spine, folio. Basle: per He

° Sallust - Latinorum Historicorum Praestantisimi, Opera, quae quidem extant.....engraved title device; (7, 591,15) pp. old half calf and marbled boards, sometime rebacked gilt lettered panelled spine, folio. Basle: per Henricum Petri, 1564

£100-140

Condition:
Replacement e/ps. (no old blanks present); text as 1182 numb. cols; cols. 137/140 (ie. 1 leaf) approx. third missing -lwr. pt. of leaf, cols. 1121-1168 misbound (but present), i.e. text complete; title repaired along fore-edge (no loss), cols 1 and 2 (p.1) with fore-edge damage - just affects 1 marginal note, some other stains and marks (esp. end of index), but gen. good; ink splashes cols. 271, 274, 591, 592; corner tears (marginal) approx. 6 cols. Adams 561

Sold for £190