Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucretius Carus, Titus.

Contributor:

Baskerville, John, 1706-1775., Printer.

Turner, Evan H., Donor.

Turner, Albert Morton., Former owner.

Carter, John, 1905-1975, Former owner.

Marras, Americo Palfrey., Former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Standardized Title:

De rerum natura

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient--Poetry.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Didactic poetry, Latin.

Genre:

Poetry -- 1773.

Physical Description:

[2], 131, 128-214 p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)

Other Title:

De rerum natura libri sex

Place of Publication:

Birminghamiae [Birmingham, England]: : Typis Johannis Baskerville., MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

Notes:

Text continuous despite pagination.

Signatures: pi1, A-S⁶ ²S1 (I2, I3, M3 unsigned).

In verse.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Evan H. Turner (2006), from the collection of Professor Albert Morton Turner (1890-1976).

Athenaeum copy inscribed: Americo Palfrey Marras. 1860; also with bookplate of John Waynflete Carter; descriptions of title clipped from 2 bookseller's catalogs laid in; bound in contemporary tree calf with marbled endpapers.

Cited in:

Gaskell, P. Baskerville, 50

ESTC (RLIN) T050366