Sallust; Josephus Wasse — C. Crispi Sallustii Quae Extant

Cantabrigiae, Typis Academicis, apud Cornelum Crownfield, 1710. Leather. The first Wasse edition of the works of Sallust; an important edition with Wasse's critical scholarship. The first Wasse edition of the works of Sallust. ESTC T111398. Quarto. Pagination irregular after 318 as called for. Blanks and endpapers removed. A critical edition of the works of Sallust, written by clergyman and scholar, Joseph Wasse. The work was collated using almost eighty different manuscripts and reflects the pinnacle of Wasse's scholarship, despite him being perhaps better known for his 1731 critical edition of Thucydides. In contemporary full calf. Externally a trifle worn with significant rubbing and loss to leather. Joints strained and cords visible. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with scattered spotting. Tidemarks to final fifty leaves and rear paste down. The occasional contemporary ink annotation. Blanks and endpapers removed. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .