Shelfmark
En.6.09
Author
Uniform title
[De rerum natura.]
Title
Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De rerum natura libri sex
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini: : Ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts., MDCCXIII. [1713]
Physical description
[24], 214, [202] p. : ill. ; 12mo.
Note
With an index.
Note
Page 73 correctly numbered.
Note
Ordinary paper issue. Height = 14.5-15 cm.; gutter = 9-10 mm.
Note
Engr. frontispiece, signed "L.Laguerre inv. Lud du Guernier sculp.".
Note
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Note
Title page printed in red and black, with vignette.
Note
Edited by Michael Maittaire.
Citation/references note
Gordon, 110
Citation/references note
ESTC, N1181
Provenance
Inscription on t.p.: Aedes. Xti Alumn:
Provenance
Inscription on front pastedown: W Lamb -- Doctor Langfords --- Feb 9 1793.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of the Lamb family of Brocket Hall.
Provenance
Booklabel of Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, G.C.B.
Binding
Contemporary sprinkled calf; blind tooled bead and carnation rolls forming frames, with large fleurons at the corners of the outermost; author written in ink on the spine; red sprinkled edges.
Subject
Science, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Watts, John, ? - -1763 printer.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 printer.
Added entry--name
Maittaire, Michael, 1667 - 1747 editor.
Added entry--name
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677 - 1716 engraver.
Added entry--name
Laguerre, Louis, 1663 - 1721 artist.
Added entry--name
Lamb family former owners.
Added entry--name
Kerr, Walter Talbot, 1839 - 1927 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B33480