De werken van T. Lucretius Carus van het heelal. Uit het Latyn in het Nederduitsch vertaald.

Amsterdam, S. Petzold, 1701

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Description du lot

4to: [62]-723-[29]; front. + 7 pl. with expl. (outside collation) (one pl. missing, marg. dam., staining, min. fox., min. brown., some soiling).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (worn, soiled).

First ed. of the translation of "De rerum natura libri sex", the masterpiece of the Latin poet Lucretius (about 97-55 B.C.). Beautifully illustrated by Romeyn De Hooghe with one frontispiece and 7 copper engravings depicting allegorical figures. Each figure with an explanation sheet. The translation is preceded by an "opdragt" to A. Alewyn, a message to the reader, a short biography of Lucretius and an ode written by Adriaan Reland.
Ref. Landwehr, De Hooghe, pp. 206-207. - STCN.
Prov. Lodewijck van de V..., G. Pettzar (ownership entries).