LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. In carum Lucretium poetam commentarii a Ioanne Baptista Pio editi, with text, Paris: Jean Petit for Badius Ascensius, 4 August 1514, 2°, title in red and black with engraved device of Jehan Petit and woodcut border in the Renaissance style, text surrounded by commentary, large and small engraved initials (a5 bound before A4, A10 with deep though clean tear, clean tear to a3 and e3, dampstain affecting bottom lines of text), 17th-century vellum. [Adams L1650; Gordon Lucretius 101A]

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LUCRETIUS CARUS, Titus. In carum Lucretium poetam commentarii a Ioanne Baptista Pio editi, with text, Paris: Jean Petit for Badius Ascensius, 4 August 1514, 2°, title in red and black with engraved device of Jehan Petit and woodcut border in the Renaissance style, text surrounded by commentary, large and small engraved initials (a5 bound before A4, A10 with deep though clean tear, clean tear to a3 and e3, dampstain affecting bottom lines of text), 17th-century vellum. [Adams L1650; Gordon Lucretius 101A]
Provenance: Ex libri Petri Lesmoyne A. D. 1659, inscription of Pierre Lemoyne, S. J. (1602-71) on front free endpaper; the library of Lord Bute, 1713-92 (bookseller's note); Thomas Catalogue March 1962 with price of f18-18-0.

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