8vo. (XXVIII)(including frontispiece), 596, (38) p. Vellum 20 cm Prize copy (Ref: STCN ppn 851959466; Schweiger 2,879; Dibdin 2,385: 'this is the best Variorum edition' and 'a valuable book'; Moss 2,560; Graesse 6/1,240; Ebert 20026: 'Eine der seltenste Ausgg. cum notis varior., und sehr gesucht'; Spoelder p. 490, Amst. 9) (Details: Prize copy, without the prize. Binding gilt. 7 thongs laced through the joints. Gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam on both boards; Frontispiece by Wingendorp, depicting the 'triumphus' of the Roman general Marius; in front of the cart walks the defeated king Jugurtha, in chains. The frontispiece is dated 1689) (Condition: Vellum soiled and somewhat worn. Prize removed. All 4 ties gone) (Note: 'One of the most widely read and influential of Roman historians, along with Caesar, Livy, and Tacitus, Sallust (86-34 BC) has been studied, quoted, and imitated not only as a historian but also as a moral philosopher, political thinker and stylist.' Until 1600 more than 200 editions of his work appeared. Sallust was used in the 16th and 17th century to support absolute theories of government. But, 'on the other hand, it was the republican Sallust, 'ennemy of tyrants,' whom John Milton admired and who bolstered the cause of liberty in the Lowlands during the war with Spain and, later, in France and on the American continent'. (The Classical tradition, Cambr. Mass., 2010 p. 856). Sallustius furnished indeed weapons to the supporters and opponents during the rebellion of the Netherlands against the Spaniards, a war of independence that lasted 80 years, from 1568 till 1648. § This edition is a socalled 'Variorum edition'. It offers a 'textus receptus' which is widely accepted, accompanied with the commentary and the annotations of various specialists, taken or excerpted from earlier useful, normative or renewing editions. Editions like these, 'cum notis Variorum', were useful, but never broke new ground. The production of these sometimes overloaded editions was the specialty of Dutch scholars of the 17th and 18th century. The compilers seldom were great scholars, but often hard working schoolmasters. Their involvement in publishing a new edition was limited to the necessary. The text of Sallustius is preceded by the chapter which J. Vossius had written on him in his 'De historicis latinis'. Then follow 'Judicia et Testimonia'. At the end of the text we find the 'Spicilegium in Sallustium' of Janus Mellerus Palmerius. This is a collection of notes on the 'Catilina' and 'Bellum Jugurthinum', which was first published in 1580. It consists of explanations and observations, but most of all proposed emendations. Next to nothing is known about this scholar. Palmerius or Palmier was a Neolatin poet and scholar from Bruges. (Van der Aa, 15 p. 68)) (Collation: *8, 2*6; A-2Q8, 2R4, 2S1) (Photographs on request)