Classic literature 1685 I Primus in historia; seu Bellum Catlinarum, et Jugurthinum; cum commentariis Johannes Min-Ellii. ‘s Gravenhage, Arnout Leers, 1685, [8]+346+[26] pp.

Contemporary parchment binding. 140 x 85 mm, 12º: *#4 A-P#12 (-P6,7) Q#8. Etched title page by A. Schoonebeek, on typographical title page printer’s mark “Labore et vigilantia.” Stamps on flyleaves: “Bibl. Gymn. Catu” and “ST.-Alloisiuscoll. s’ Gravenhage.” On the title page also a stamp from “Bibliotheek Aloysius-college.” Missing folio P6 and P7 (page 347 – 350) added in photo copy.School edition of two historical works by Sallust, these two works are the only works that are entirely preserved through the years. It is about the conspiracy of Cataline (Catilina) and the war against juguntha. Sallust (86 – 35 BC) dedicated himself to a career as politician and commander with great success in historiography. A third work “Historiae” (covering the years 46 to 34) has not survived the time. The notes by Johannes Minellius, permanent commentator at the firm Leers, largely exceed the text of Sallus in size. This was, without a doubt, to the delight of schoolchildren, who were very happy with this easy text edition by the preceptor of the Erasmium at Rotterdam. The publisher the son of the better known Arnout Leers (deceased in 1673), who was a bookseller from Rotterdam. His son was also named Arnout Leers, but he worked from The Hague. Rare copy.ZKL0069