Lot 1067 , Lucretius Carus, Titus - De Rerum Natura.

Lucretius Carus, Titus - De Rerum Natura.

° Lucretius Carus, Titus - De Rerum Natura. contemp. gilt ruled and blind decorated calf, rebacked with original gilt panelled spine laid down, marbled e/ps, 4to. Richard Taylor, 1825; Quintitianus, Marcus Fabius - De Institatione Oratoria... codicus Gothani et Iensonianae editions... (edited Johann Matthias Gesner)... contemp. blind stampoed vellum, ins. title on panelled spine, 4to. Gottingen, 1738; Longinus, Dionysius Cassius - [Greek title] De Sublimatate Commentarius, quem nova versione donavit... (edited Zachery Pearce)... engraved frontis., text decorations, errata leaf; contemp. gilt ruled calf, rebacked with gilt spine, marbled edges and e/ps., 4to. Jacob Tonson and John Watts, 1724. (3)
£100-140

Condition:
Lucretius - missing sm. piece orig. spine at head, some corner wear, spome spotting (incl. title). 296pp., old armorial book plate. - Sir John Nicholson Barran, bart, Quintilianus - outer joints cracked, browning on title and elsewhere. (36), 640, (96) pp. Later 19th cent armorial bkplt. of richard Caton (Liverpool); Longinus - some corner wear, inner joints strengthened. (7), xv, 187, 28, (14)pp. anderrata leaf; old armorial bkplt. Rev Charles Luxmoore; clean text.