C. Crispi Sallustii Opera omnia . Ex editione Gottlieb Cortii cum notis et interpretatione in usum Delphini variis lectionibus notis variorum notitia literaria recensu editionum et codicum et indicibus locupletissimis Accurate recensita.
Sallust (86-34 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087706
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. (vii,[1],850,[2],clxviii p.) . 8vo.. With manuscript notes in the hand of G.O. Trevelyan (1838-1928), some evidently copied from an edition owned by Lord Macaulay. Macaulay writes of Catilina (p.125 vol. I): 'I place very little confidence in this history. It is full of improbabilities and inconsistences. But it has merit as a composition.' Dates of reading for Macaulay: June 1835, May 1837. Date of reading for G.O.T.: 1911.. Provenance: Pastedown obscures armorial bookplate of former owner, lettered S.T. Galton (possibly Samuel Tertius Galton, 1783-1844).. Binding: Full leather binding, rebacked; red and green spine labels.
Makers and roles
Sallust (86-34 BC) Pietro Crinito (1456-c.1504) Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736) Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577-1649)