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SALLUSTUS Crispius, Caius. De coniuratione Catilinae historia. -- De bello Iugurthino, Paris: Estienne, 1544. 8, printer's device on title, ruled in red throughout (slightly spotted), 18th-century red morocco, covers tooled with shells in each corner and centrally placed gilt sheldrake, spine gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Richard Rawlinson (with his collation mark on the front fly leaf and manuscript note on last page).
Rawlinson was a great collector of books and manuscripts, the greater part of which he bequeathed to Oxford where they are now held in the Bodleian Library. Others were sold at auction.
Rawlinson was a great collector of books and manuscripts, the greater part of which he bequeathed to Oxford where they are now held in the Bodleian Library. Others were sold at auction.