1712, ISBN: c73f58cf48a75903908c6acf472cd48b

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Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: London: Sumptibus et Typis Jacobi Tonson], GREEK CLASSICS, PHILOSOPHY, 4to. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. [iv] + 386 + 339-370 pp. Pagination irregular but regis… Plus…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: London: Sumptibus et Typis Jacobi Tonson], GREEK CLASSICS, PHILOSOPHY, 4to. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. [iv] + 386 + 339-370 pp. Pagination irregular but register is continuous. Text in Latin. Bound in contemporary mottled calf; spine in compartments with raise bands, decorated gilt. Extremities show signs of age related wear, including at head and tail of spine. but otherwise a very good crisp copy. Armourial bookplate of William. Addison Fountaine. Illustrated by 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece and one folding. Written in six books in Latin hexameter verse. Its subject treats firstly of the world of atoms, secondly of the human soul and thirdly with the cosmos as a whole, each topic being covered by a pair of books. Little is known of the life of Titus Lucretius Carus (c.90s BC-c.50s BC) and this is his only surviving work. A beautiful book, lavishly printed in a large fount with wide margins, by the well known publisher Jacob Tonson (1655-1736), who published Milton and Dryden, and founded the Kit-Kat Club in 1700 and a six volume edition of Shakespeare. The copy may have been owned by William Addison Fountaine (c.‪1767-1837‬), Rector of Middleton St. George, Co. Durham, from 179, but later resident in Bath. (ESTC T50367), Books<

1837, ISBN: c73f58cf48a75903908c6acf472cd48b

4to. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. [iv] + 386 + 339-370 pp. Pagination irregular but register is continuous. Text in Latin. Bound in contemporary mottled calf; spine in compartments with raise band… Plus…

4to. 9.5 x 11.75 inches. [iv] + 386 + 339-370 pp. Pagination irregular but register is continuous. Text in Latin. Bound in contemporary mottled calf; spine in compartments with raise bands, decorated gilt. Extremities show signs of age related wear, including at head and tail of spine. but otherwise a very good crisp copy. Armourial bookplate of William. Addison Fountaine. Illustrated by 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece and one folding. Written in six books in Latin hexameter verse. Its subject treats firstly of the world of atoms, secondly of the human soul and thirdly with the cosmos as a whole, each topic being covered by a pair of books. Little is known of the life of Titus Lucretius Carus (c.90s BC-c.50s BC) and this is his only surviving work. A beautiful book, lavishly printed in a large fount with wide margins, by the well known publisher Jacob Tonson (1655-1736), who published Milton and Dryden, and founded the Kit-Kat Club in 1700 and a six volume edition of Shakespeare. The copy may have been owned by William Addison Fountaine (c.‪1767-1837‬), Rector of Middleton St. George, Co. Durham, from 179, but later resident in Bath. (ESTC T50367)., Sumptibus et Typis Jacobi Tonson, 1712, 3<

1892, ISBN: c73f58cf48a75903908c6acf472cd48b

Typis academicis, impensis Jacobi Tonson bibliopolae / Cambridge University Press, 1699. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. A nice copy of this beautiful edition by Jacob Tonson, b… Plus…

Typis academicis, impensis Jacobi Tonson bibliopolae / Cambridge University Press, 1699. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. A nice copy of this beautiful edition by Jacob Tonson, bound in 19th-century brown diced and polished calf, spine with elaborate gilt floral tooling filling nearly the entirety of five compartments, covers feature an elaborate border of five gilt fillets with large floral motifs at corners, gilt heraldic arms of Reverend John Wilder (1801-1892) at center, gilt inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers (front outer joint just starting). Text in Latin. Frontispiece engraving by Simon Gribelin (Engraver) after Henry Cooke. PROVENANCE: Reverend John Wilder; ink inscription (presumably to him) from J. Wilkins, 1830; modern bookplate., Typis academicis, impensis Jacobi Tonson bibliopolae / Cambridge University Press, 1699, 3<

1702, ISBN: c73f58cf48a75903908c6acf472cd48b

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Cambridge: Tonson], CLASSICS, LITERATURE, 4to, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, spine in seven panels albeit heavily gilt stamped and dry & flaked,… Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Cambridge: Tonson], CLASSICS, LITERATURE, 4to, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, spine in seven panels albeit heavily gilt stamped and dry & flaked, lacking a frontispiece, 520pp. Handsomely printed, with decorative head- and tail-pieces. ESTC T101568., Books<