SALLUST - THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE AND THE JUGURTHINE WAR - IBARRA 1772

Subject: Old book from the 18th century. Spanish printing press. Jesús Cortes artistic binding. Joaquín Ibarra. Conspiracy of Catiline. Jugurthine War - Sallust.

Publication: Madrid, Joachin Ibarra, Impresor de Cámara del Rei Nuestro Señor, 1772.

Description: Largest folio (36.5 x 25 cm). 9 sheets, 395 pages, 10 plates (Portrait, map and 8 intaglio engravings). Complete with text and plates. Beautiful modern binding, signed "J. Cortés". Luxury binding in full red morocco leather with gilded irons of acanthus leaves on the planes; spine with gilded ribs and irons; golden cuts. Case.

Conservation: Very good condition. Wide margins and very clean paper.

Notes: Spanish-Latin text. Latin text in two columns. Spanish text in cursive, Latin text in round. Title in the spine: "Salustio en español". Intaglio cover with border drawn and engraved by E. Monfort. Intaglio prints drawn by Mariano Salvador Maella, Joaquín Fabregat and Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, and engraved by Manuel Monfort, Manuel Salvador Carmona, Joaquín Ballester, Joaquin Fabregat and Francisco Asensio. The map is drawn and engraved by Juan de la Cruz. The medals, drawn by Isidro Carnicero and Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, and engraved by Jerónimo Antonio Gil, Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, Francisco Montaner, Joaquín Fabregat and Manuel Monfort. Headers and vignettes drawn by Maella, Selma and Fabregat, and engraved by Fabregat, Ballester and Carmona. Engraved initials. Binding: Full vintage leather binding, spine with ribs and gilding. Golden cuts, water-decorated endpapers.

Comments: Latin text and Spanish translation attributed to Infante D. Gabriel and revised by Pérez Bayer.

Other information: The edition of Sallust is considered, along with Don Quixote of 1780, Ibarra's most important work and, therefore, the most prestigious edition ever produced in Spain.

References: Palau 288134.

About the work: "The Conspiracy of Catilina" (also known as "De Catilinae Coniuratione" in Latin) is a historical work written by the Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus, commonly known as Sallust. The work recounts the events of the conspiracy led by Lucius Sergius Catilina in the year 63 BC. against the Roman Republic.

Catiline's conspiracy was an attempt to overthrow the Roman government led by the consul Cicero and carry out a coup d'état. Catiline, an ambitious and disaffected politician, sought power and wealth through violence and subversion. He recruited a group of conspirators, mainly indebted and disaffected young men, with the intention of taking control of Rome and establishing an authoritarian regime.

Sallust's work chronicles the events leading up to the conspiracy, the plans and machinations of Catiline, as well as the speeches and actions of Cicero, who played a crucial role in detecting and defeating the conspiracy. Sallust portrays Catiline as an ambitious and corrupt man, capable of resorting to violence and betrayal to achieve his goals.

"The Conspiracy of Catiline" not only recounts the historical events of the conspiracy, but also reflects on the moral vices and political corruption that led to the decline of the Roman Republic. Sallust uses the story as an opportunity to examine the problems and virtues of Roman society of his time and to call for morality.

Sallust's work is considered one of the main historical sources on this particular episode in Roman history. Through his literary style and his analysis of characters and events, Sallust offers a vivid view of Catiline's conspiracy and the broader implications of it for Roman politics and morality.

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