Di Tito Lucrezio Caro Della natura delle cose libri sei. Tradotti da Alessandro Marchetti Lettore di Filosofia e Mattematiche nell' Universita' di Pisa et Accademico della Crusca.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3025863
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18], 400, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 7272. Imperfect: wanting frontispiece plate. Worm damage at foot of leaves R1-U3. Water-staining at front and rear. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "7-6". Binding: eighteenth-century full plain parchment over boards; sewn onto three cords; fore-edges of covers folded-over; spine cracked. Untrimmed deckle edges. Printed waste visible beneath pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC), author Paolo Rolli, editor Alessandro Marchetti (1632-1714), editor