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DE RERUM NATURA Libri Sex. Accedunt Selectae Lectiones dilucidando Poemati appositae.
by Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
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- good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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$260.50
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About This Item
Paris: Joseph Barbou 1st thus., 1754. Hardcover. Good. Copperplate frontis + engraved added title + 6 plates by Frans van Mieris engraved in reduced size here by Cl. Duflos.. Duodecimo (16x9.5cm) contemporary 3-colour marbled leather gilt (spine leather very worn, defective at hinges, some flaking as often with marbled leathers when acidic colours used), All Edges Gilt. Fine original marbled endpapers with Clifton College bookplate and donor's name S[amuel S[tanley] Marling [of Stanley Park, Stroud 1864-1963]. Frontis + engraved title +xxxvi (inc. printed title with woodcut printer's mark, preface, life of Lucretius, editions catalogue etc.) +288pp inc. variant readings at end. Pages crisp and clean throughout. *As usual with Barbou classics, a handsome printing, with nice engraved head and tailpieces, fine plates and pretty initials.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V74899
- Title
- DE RERUM NATURA Libri Sex. Accedunt Selectae Lectiones dilucidando Poemati appositae.
- Author
- Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
- Illustrator
- Copperplate frontis + engraved added title + 6 plates by Frans van Mieris engraved in reduced size here by Cl. Duflos.
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Joseph Barbou 1st thus.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1754
- Keywords
- classic Latin poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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