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Joaquin Ibaua (1725-85) was the great Spanish
protagonist of the "classical" approach to book design. He
was stronly influenced by the spectacular achievements
of Baskerville (1706-75) in England, Bodini in Italy, and
Didot in France. This volume, a translation into Spanish
of Sallust's Conspiracy of Catiline and The War of Jaguntha,
is perhaps Ibaua's greatest masterpiece.
Like Baskerville, Ibaua not pressed his paper and made his own
painting ink. The engraved Title page was designed and cut by
E. Monfort. The majority of plates and ornaments were designed
by M.S. [?Maclla?].
Standfor copy Gunst Z 239.4 I12 S16 f 13 3/4x10". P. Duschines. #200
1) Prologo 2) De Le Vida y Principales Escritos De Salustio.
3) De Catilina 1 - 96. 4) De Jugurta 99n - 288.
5) Notas - Catilina 289 - 307 Jugunta 307 - 334.
Total 395 leaves [?Zertlin?] 1984 - Cat. #248 $2500
Joaquin Ibeua (1726-85) [insert] Saragossa [end insert] distinguished printer of Madrid [insert] established 1749 [end insert] and court
printer ro Carlos III. His ed. of Sallust 1772 and his Don Quixote
4 vol., 1780 are considered his finest works. More than 2500
books came from his press. Printer to the Royal Academy.
111-105 BC. The Jugurthine War resulted from the usurpation of the
African Kingdom of Massinissa's descendents by King Micipsa's
nephew, Jugurtha.
64-63 BC Conspiracy of Catiline (c 108-62 BC) The discontented
classes of Rome found a leader in L. Sergius Catilina - Roman
politician and conspirator, defeated for consul by Cicero he
conspired to seize the consulship. Cicero - Orations against
Catiline
Sallust - served with Caesan after his [?practorship?] and was his governor in
Numidia, a province out of which he was subsequently
accused of enriching himself. He was much attacked by contemporary
writers for his political opinions. His principal work is the Bellum
Catilinar or Catalinia on the conspiracy of Catiline. His account of
the Jugurthine war is useless as history.