Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex. . Ex editione Thomae Creech.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1759
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3018780
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,269,[1]p. . 8vo. Bookseller's description & number in pencil on flyleaf: "mar. rouge 2526".. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf: Viro urbano et [philo] Flacco, Henrico Cockayne-Cust, Hoc parvum [Doron amoizaion] Grato animo dedit I.G. Moore, Maiis Calendis 1882. [i.e. gift to Henry Francis Cockayne Cust (1819-84) or his son Harry Cust (1861-1917), from J.G. Moore (not ident.) Words in [ ] in inscription are in Greek]. Binding: Red morocco (eighteenth-century), with wide gilt border of flowers & leaves; spine and edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC) Thomas Creech (1659-1700)