On the next leaf begin the works of Sallust, with the commentaries and other apparatus. The sheets are in eights, so that the book is more properly large 8o than 4o, signatures A—S(but S is only a half-sheet). The prefatory matter (including the title) is contained on a single sheet, sig. A, of six leaves only. This is expressed by the printer's register at the end—
"Regestum huius operis
A . a . b . c . d . e . f . g . h . i . k . l . m . n . o . p . q . r . s .
Oēs sunt quaterniones preter A [q]. est ternio . s . vero duernio."
The colophon has not been completely given by C.; it is as follows:
"¶ Crispi Sallustii Catilina (sic) et Jugurthina cum reliquis collectaneis ab Ascensio: ut cum[que] explanatis: hic suum capit finem. Lugduni diligenti recognitione Impressus per Antoniū Blachard[6] anno domini M. quingētesimo. xxiii. pridie Calend. Sextiles."
[6] Not Blanchard, as C. has printed the name.
These particulars may enable your readers to identify this edition, which is, I believe, very rare.
After the colophon are two pages occupied by remarks on Sallust by "Jacobus a cruce Bononiensis:" leaving the last page in the volume blank, except that in the centre is a woodcut of larger size than that already mentioned, which is on the title-page, but representing the same subject, viz. SS. Peter and Paul holding the sacred handkerchief.
On the upper right-hand corner of this last page are the verses quoted by C., and correctly quoted, except that meæ and puellæ in the first line are mee and puelle in the original.