Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3013796
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],280p. . 4to.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century manuscript inscription: F. W. Hervey [possibly Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), later 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol?]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; gilt tooled border; gilt armorial centrepiece on front cover: Tudor Rose crowned with Earl's coronet; gilt armorial centrepiece on back cover: portcullis crowned with Earl's coronet; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Lucretius 1772".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC) John Baskerville (1706-1775), printer