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Titus Lucretius Carus. The Epicurean Philosopher, His Six Books De Natura Rerum Done into English VERSE, with NOTES.
by (CREECH, Thomas) LUCRETIUS
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
Small octavo (4-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches), contemporary full brown calf, spine professionally rebacked, later red morocco spine label, raised bands with blind-tooled compartments; pp.(46), 223, (1), 59, (1). Rare 1683 3rd edition in English, first issued the previous year, of Roman poet Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, a seminal work in Western history offering "key principles of a modern understanding of the world," as well as a "crucial guide" to Thomas Jefferson, who proclaimed himself "an Epicurean" like Lucretius, owned an edition of Creech's translation, and gave the Declaration of Independence "a distinctly Lucretian turn" by naming "the pursuit of happiness" to be a pivotal American right, with copper-engraved frontispiece. The first and last pages have some soiling and staining, the frontispiece is slightly trimmed (no loss to image) and the title page is slightly stained with some pencil marks . The book consists of 223 pages followed by 60 pages of notes and 6 index pages. All pages have some foxing/spotting ( does not effect the text ) with tanned edges. A nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 054
- Title
- Titus Lucretius Carus. The Epicurean Philosopher, His Six Books De Natura Rerum Done into English VERSE, with NOTES.
- Author
- (CREECH, Thomas) LUCRETIUS
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Sawbridge… in little Britain, and Anthony Stephens… in Oxford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1683
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek Classics, Philosophy
- Size
- small 8vo.
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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