LUCRÈCE
DE RERUM NATURA LIBRI SEX. Ad optimas editiones collati. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae
Ex Typographia Societatis|Argentorati [Strasbourg] • (Strasbourg) 1808|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
Second edition, enlarged, by the Société des Deux Ponts. Fine Strasbourg printing on laid paper.
Full marbled calf binding. Beautiful 20th-century pastiche of an 18th-century binding using fine leather. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Some slight scuffing to boards. Handsome copy.
The edition contains, in addition to the life of Lucretius by Denys Lambin, reprinting the first annotated edition of 1563, a bibliographical history of Lucretius's work. The index has optimally grouped the best notes from ancient and modern editions.
Full marbled calf binding. Beautiful 20th-century pastiche of an 18th-century binding using fine leather. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Some slight scuffing to boards. Handsome copy.
The edition contains, in addition to the life of Lucretius by Denys Lambin, reprinting the first annotated edition of 1563, a bibliographical history of Lucretius's work. The index has optimally grouped the best notes from ancient and modern editions.
€450