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London, Paris & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1916. Portrait frontispiece (offset onto title page), octavo, pp xvi, 301, slightly age-toned, the fore-edges very slightly rough, the endpapers a little marked and a short inscription on the front endpaper, green cloth dull, slightly marked and worn, the corners a little bruised and worn. VERY SCARCE. ["On the Nature of Things by Roman philosopher and poet Lucretius outlines classical theories of physics and the natural world. Drawing on the atomism theory of Democritus, which dates over 400 years prior to his masterwork, Lucretius aim with his poem is to explain various theories on why the world is as it is. Designed to be read publicly by educators and by solitary readers, the wide ranging and lengthy poem examines the nature of existence, of sensation, of human consciousness, and of the celestial bodies above us. Conversations on matter, space and reality were unusual in ancient times, with many ordinary citizens encouraged to lay the… Read More

London: J. Matthews for G. S. Sawbridge, 1715. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 424pp., illustrated. A good smoker's copy in contemporary brown calf. Spine ends worn, spine darkened and the book's outer joints a bit loose, but holding. Internally bright and clean with hardly any foxing. Previous owner's name on the title page, not obscuring any text. A sturdy, unsophisticated, unrestored example.

London: John Matthews. Good; Volume 2 only. Front board detached. Age staining and foxing . throughout. Scarce volume.. 1714. Leather. Vol. 2; 600 pages .