T. Cari Lucretii poetae, ac philosophi vetustissimi, De rerum natura libri sex.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1540
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038312
Summary
Bibliographic description
277,[1]p. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: J.1.5. Identified in 1796 inventory: D 153, price 1s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 647.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript verse in English (17th century?) on leaf s3.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine,.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC) Pietro Crinito (1465-1504)