De Rerum Natura Libri Sex
by LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus [c. 96-55 B.C.]
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Birmingham: Baskerville, 1772. Full Leather. Very Good. Quarto. Pp. [2], 280. Contemporary speckled calf, narrow gilt foliate border with a small Tudor rose in centre surmounted by a gilt coronet, rebacked with gilt and blind tooling between raised bands, gilt label, marbled endpapers (renewed). Extremities a little rubbed, corners worn, otherwise an excellent, clean, crisp copy. One of the last four famous Baskerville quarto editions of the classics, noted for "their magnificence of type, paper, ink, and presswork" (DNB). According to Gaskell, there were between 1000 and 1500 copies of Lucretius printed, of which 800 copies remained unsold in 1775 when Baskerville's widow was trying to sell the printing office (Gaskell, p. xxii). Gaskell 43. Gordon 20.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34620
- Title
- De Rerum Natura Libri Sex
- Author
- LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus [c. 96-55 B.C.]
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Baskerville
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1772
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...