Conjuration de Catilina et Guerre de Jugurtha

First edition of this translation by Léopold Comte de Bohm.
Copy with the cipher A. D.
Contemporary full green crosshatched morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 mirror-image Restoration tools, series of triple gilt fillets and cold roulette. Cipher AD stamped in gilt on covers. Wide frame on covers composed of complex monastic tools in the corners. Rich interior border. Lemon endpapers. Gilt edges. One tear with loss along the upper joint. One corner slightly bumped, the others rubbed. Scattered browning.
Very fine copy.
This incredible translation was completed at age 13 and achieved great success when published upon the translator's death at 22. This work is found in numerous noble libraries because the completion of this translation by a 13-year-old pupil confirmed the superiority of the chosen education and noble birth.