T. Lucretius Carus, Of the nature of things, in six books, . translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy.
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1715
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3093305
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([74],420;[8],421-822,[34]p., [1] leaf of plates) . ill.. . 8vo.. title page and 3 preliminary leaves of vol. 2 mis-bound before start of main text in vol. 1. Former shelfmarks: Ii/3 (in pencil), Ii.9.19-20 (ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754) in vol. 1: Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; blind roll on board edges; gilt title on spines.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC) Thomas Creech (1659-1700)