An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

De werken van T. Lucretius Carus van het heelal

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An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

De werken van T. Lucretius Carus van het heelal

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
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  • 24 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.

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Cover of: On the nature of the universe
On the nature of the universe
2008, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: On the nature of the universe
Cover of: On the nature of things
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things
1935, J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
in English
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things: a metrical translation
1916, J. M. Dent & sons, limited, E. P. Dutton & co.
Cover of: De rerum natura libri sex.
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1828, Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri
Microform in Latin
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: The nature of things
The nature of things: a didactic poem.
1805, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
in English
Cover of: De werken van T. Lucretius Carus van het heelal
De werken van T. Lucretius Carus van het heelal
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Edition Notes

Signatures: *-⁶ [**]1, A-Aaa⁸.

Translation of: De rerum natura.

Dutch and Latin on opposite pages.

Dedication signed by the translator: Jan de Witt.

Title vignette, and 9 plates engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe.

Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letter press.

Includes index.

Gordon, C.A. Bibliography of Lucretius, 501

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De werken van Titus Lucretius Carus van het heelal.

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[60], 723, [29] p., [9] leaves, [9] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
723

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OL22027687M

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