Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex . interpretatione et notis illustravit Michael Fayus ... jussu christianissimi regis in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038216
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],586,[134]p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . 4to.. Previous shelfmark: K.4.3. Identified in 1796 inventory: Q 140, price 16s. Christie's, 21 June 2004, lot 652.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine. All edges gilt.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC) Michel Du Fay Daniel Pareus (1605-1635)