LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Ad postremam Oberti Gifanii Ic. emendationem aucuratissimè restituti.
Pub. LUGDUNI BATAVORUM: Ex officina Plantiniana apud Franciscum Raphelengium CDDXCV [1595]. Title, [22[leaves, 486pp.
Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius' (c.?99 BC-c.?55 BC) On the Nature of Things is a didactic poem with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through poetic language and metaphors.
This is quite an early edition of this classic poem in Latin and Greek.
Vellum binding with Yapp edges is aged and soiled. Toned text has numerous marginal number notations, underlinings, and the first leaf has pencil m/s in Latin, signed and dated 1596. Page 1 has the fore margin excised. Previous owners 2 names in ink and pencil to the title page. Bookplate: Ex Libris K.F. Russell. (156x105mm)


Estimate $950-1,500