An essay on the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De rerum natura
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Type of record: Book
Title: An essay on the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De rerum natura
Other titles: De rerum natura
Classmark: Early Science 2 1656/LUC
Creator(s): Titus Lucretius Carus
Additional creator(s): Evelyn, John (1620-1706) (Other)
Related people: Lucretius Carus, Titus; Evelyn, John
Publisher: G. Bedle and T. Collins
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1656
Language: English
Size and medium: [16], 185 [i.e. 169], [6] p. (p. [174-175] advertisements)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/240777
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013460729705181
Description
Added t.p. by Mary Evelyn, engraved by W. Hollar, reads: T. Lucretius Carvs. De rerum natura. Lib. i. Interpreted by J.E. London, G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1656.
Page nos. 81-96 omitted in numbering.
Text in Latin and English. Editorial matter in English.
"Animadversions upon the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De rerum natura": p. 97-185.
Commendatory letter and verses by Richard Fanshawe, Richard Brown, Edmund Waller, and Christopher Wase.
Additional description
Wanting additional engraved title page
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