Sallust: Bellum Catilinarium and Bellum Jugurthinum. Italy (Florence) c. 1450.
GkS 2154 4º. Parchment, 81 ff.

Front cover	Fol. 1v: Incipit page of Bellum Catilinarium	Fol. 2r: First page of Bellum Catilinarium	Fol. 27r: First page of Bellum Jugurthinum

Italian Renaissance manuscript containing the two works about the Catiline conspiracy and the war against Jugurtha by the Roman historian Sallust (c. 86-35/34 B.C.). It was made for the Florentine humanist and bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci (1421-1498). The Danish collector of books and state archivist Frederik Rostgaard (1671-1745) purchased the manuscript in Venice in 1699.
On the front cover the super exlibris of Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe is seen. He owned the book for a short period of time and it was then acquired by the Royal Library in 1732 from his estate.

23.5 x 15.5 cm.

See the entire manuscript on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department Sallustius, opera.

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