De rerum natura
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3233325
Summary
Bibliographic description
295, [1] p. ;. 4to. Large paper issue. Loosely inserted inside front board two folded leaves of notes headed 'Religion' & printed slip filled out in manuscript 'Curzon Honlis Franciscus e Coll Ox. Nas. quaestionibus magistrorum scholarum in Parviso pro forma respondit. 22a Jun. 1821. Ita testamatur H. Jenkyns C.G. Stocker' [i.e. Hon Francis Curzon (d.1851), Brasenose College]. Pencil sketch of a monument on p.73. Provenance: ink stamp with crest 'A. Curzon. B.N.C.' and inscription 'Alfred Curzon. 1819. D.D. Johannes Keate. [i.e. Revd. Alfred Curzon (1801-1850) John Keate (1773-1852), Headmaster of Eton]. Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; blind- and gilt-rolled frames; brown endpapers; all edges marbled; 5 raised bands; gilt-lettered direct on spine 'Lucretius' and 'Londini 1813'.
Makers and roles
Lucretius (c.99-55 BC)