LOT 3032
21st May 2019
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LOT 3032
ALDINE PRESS. - [LUCRETIUS]. Titus Lucretius CARUS. De Rerum Natura. Venice: Aldus, January 1515. Italic letter, the woodcut Aldus device to title and to verso of last leaf, q8, and with the penultimate blank q7 and blank at *8. (Very minor, occasional spotting.) [Bound with:] C. Valerii FLACCI. Argonautica. Venice: Aldus, 1523. Aldus device to title and to rear at t4, the colophon at t3 reads 'Venetiis in Aedieus Aldi et Andreae Asula ni Soceri Mense Maio M.C XXIII'. (Very minor, occasional spotting, the t5 blank is present but loose.) 8vo (154 x 93mm.) Contemporary vellum, hand-written lettering to spine (minor soiling). Note: De Rerum Natura was the second book published by the Aldine press, the first edition coming out in 1500.
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