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Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA6482 .A2 1713
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lucretius Carus, Titus.
- Standardized Title:
- De rerum natura
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Didactic poetry, Latin.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Genre:
- Didactic poetry, Latin.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 214 pages, 206 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- H.d, dòl- s,i; CoCo (3) 1713 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Londini : Ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson & Johannis Watts, MDCCXIII [1713]
- Notes:
- "Edited by Michael Maittaire."--ESTC.
- "Ordinary paper issue."--ESTC.
- Signatures: A-K¹² L-2D⁶.
- Leaves 2D5 and 2D6 are blanks.
- Engraved illustration (frontispiece).
- Woodcut title vignette, initials, head- and tail-pieces.
- Title in red and black.
- Errata on leaf A12r.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy has 2 ms. shelf-marks (1 struck through) on front pastedown; 1 folded sheet of bookseller's description of this item laid in.
- Penn Libraries copy bound in contemporary sprinkled calf; 5 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; gold-tooled, black leather spine label ("Lucretius"); gold-tooled cover edges; all edges stippled red.
- Cited in:
- ESTC N1181
- Gordon, C.A. Bibliog. of Lucretius, 110
- OCLC:
- 4720219
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