Live auction - Lot 1042
De rerum natura libri VI a Dion. Lambino [...] recogniti [...].
Frankfurt (M.), Heirs of A. Wechel, 1583
Hammer price: €
320
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
8vo: lxviii-883-[208] pp. (toned, fore-edge margin dampstained, final quires stained throughout, some worming esp. at the end).
Contemp. blind-decorated overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (soiled, front joint splitting, head def.).
Monumental ed. of Lucretius with an extensive commentary by the French humanist Denis Lambin (1516-1572), 1st publ. 1562. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. VD16 L-3124. - Adams L-1668. - Gordon (Lucretius) 102B.