LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (c.96-55 B.C. ). De rerum natura libros sex . Edited by Gilbert Wakefield. London: A. Hamilton, 1796-1797. 3 volumes, 2° (370 x 258mm). Mezzotint portrait of Wakefield. Early 19th-century vellum, sides centered with gilt Devonshire arms, blue glazed endpapers, gilt and marbled edges, light-blue silk ribbon markers (horizontal splits to spines, one slightly defective). Provenance : Baron Holland (red leather gilt booklabel) -- William S. George Cavendish (1790-1858, 6th Duke of Devonshire, binding, Chatsworth bookplate; sold, Christie's, 1 October 1981, lot 268).
LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (c.96-55 B.C. ). De rerum natura libros sex . Edited by Gilbert Wakefield. London: A. Hamilton, 1796-1797. 3 volumes, 2° (370 x 258mm). Mezzotint portrait of Wakefield. Early 19th-century vellum, sides centered with gilt Devonshire arms, blue glazed endpapers, gilt and marbled edges, light-blue silk ribbon markers (horizontal splits to spines, one slightly defective). Provenance : Baron Holland (red leather gilt booklabel) -- William S. George Cavendish (1790-1858, 6th Duke of Devonshire, binding, Chatsworth bookplate; sold, Christie's, 1 October 1981, lot 268). THE CHATSWORTH COPY. ONE OF 50 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. Brunet III, 1220 'Belle édition, très-estimée'; Lowndes IV, 1410-1411 'Many copies of this valuable edition were destroyed by fire'.
LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (c.96-55 B.C. ). De rerum natura libros sex . Edited by Gilbert Wakefield. London: A. Hamilton, 1796-1797. 3 volumes, 2° (370 x 258mm). Mezzotint portrait of Wakefield. Early 19th-century vellum, sides centered with gilt Devonshire arms, blue glazed endpapers, gilt and marbled edges, light-blue silk ribbon markers (horizontal splits to spines, one slightly defective). Provenance : Baron Holland (red leather gilt booklabel) -- William S. George Cavendish (1790-1858, 6th Duke of Devonshire, binding, Chatsworth bookplate; sold, Christie's, 1 October 1981, lot 268).
LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus (c.96-55 B.C. ). De rerum natura libros sex . Edited by Gilbert Wakefield. London: A. Hamilton, 1796-1797. 3 volumes, 2° (370 x 258mm). Mezzotint portrait of Wakefield. Early 19th-century vellum, sides centered with gilt Devonshire arms, blue glazed endpapers, gilt and marbled edges, light-blue silk ribbon markers (horizontal splits to spines, one slightly defective). Provenance : Baron Holland (red leather gilt booklabel) -- William S. George Cavendish (1790-1858, 6th Duke of Devonshire, binding, Chatsworth bookplate; sold, Christie's, 1 October 1981, lot 268). THE CHATSWORTH COPY. ONE OF 50 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. Brunet III, 1220 'Belle édition, très-estimée'; Lowndes IV, 1410-1411 'Many copies of this valuable edition were destroyed by fire'.
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