Shelfmark
CS.1436.16
Author
Uniform title
[De rerum natura]
Title
Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex / quibus notas addidit Thomas Creech ; accedunt annotationes R. Bentleii ; variae lectiones iv. edd. antiquissimarum necnon index locupletissimus.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De rerum natura libri sex
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Gulielmus Pickering, 1835.
Physical description
xvi, 365, [1], [34], [78] p. ; 23 cm.
Note
Printer's device on title page with motto: "Aldi discip. Anglus".
Note
"Oxonii, typis Henrici Cooke"--T.p. verso.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Introduction -- Text and notes -- Annotationes Ricardi Bentleii in Lucretium -- Variae lectiones -- Index vocabulorum.
Provenance
Ms. inscription in black ink on the front free endpaper verso reading: "J. H. Warner. Eton".
Binding
19th century full calf binding; two gilt fillets with corner ornaments and a blind roll forming a perimeter frame on covers; five raised bands with black bands and gilt decoration; gilt spine title within black leather compartment; marbled edges; green endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Contains occasional handwritten annotations in pencil in the margins and endpapers, as well as some underlining in the text.
Subject
Latin poetry.
Subject
Didactic poetry, Latin.
Subject
Philosophy, Ancient Poetry.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Creech, Thomas, 1659 - 1700 contributor.
Added entry--name
Bentley, Richard, 1662 - 1742 contributor.
Added entry--name
Warner, J. H., 1837 - 1897 former owner.
Added entry--name
Pickering, William, 1796 - 1854 publisher.
Added entry--name
Cooke, Henry, active 1829 - 1842 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B54070