[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1st ed. of T. Gordon's trans. of Sallust and Cicero. London: 1744

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Sallustius Crispus, Caius. THE WORKS OF SALLUST, Translated into English. With Political Discourses Upon That Author. To Which Is Added, a Translation of Cicero's Four Orations Against Catiline. By Thomas Gordon. London: Printed for R. Ware. (1744). 4to. 2 parts in 1. xvi,xviii,202;viv,336,(10)pp. Index. Cont. half calf, spine decorated in blind & gilt, with brown calf spine label, over marbled boards.  Cont. inked signatures of 2 previous owners on title page. An attractive copy.      $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The scarce first edition of this translation. The title page is not dated (in all copies). The date of 1744 is assumed with the evidence of Sept. 3, 1743 printed at the end of the dedication of Volume 2.

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