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Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1712
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3233099
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 386, 339-370 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 4to. [7] leaves of plates (1 folded). Former Felbrigg shelfmark: L6 (crossed-out). Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (front board detached); sewn on four supports; six raised bands; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine; brown leather spine label with gilt title: Lucretii; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC), author Thomas Creech (1659-1700), editor Louis Cheron (1655-1725), illustrator Louis Du Guernier the Younger (d. London 1716) , engraver (printmaker) Jan Goeree (Middelburg 1670 - Amsterdam 1731), engraver (printmaker) Gilliam van der Gouwen, engraver (printmaker) Pierre Mignard the elder (Troyes 1612 - Paris 1695), illustrator