Lucrece [Lucretius]; La Grange [Joseph Lagrange] [trans.] — Lucrece, de la Nature Des Choses

Paris, Bleuet, 1793-1794 . Leather. Illustrated with engraved plates and beautifully bound, this is the vanishingly scarce three volume edition of La Grange's French-Latin edition of Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura&apos. A bilingual work, in both French and the original Latin. The French translation is the work of Joseph Lagrange, who first published his edition of this work in 1768. The vanishingly scarce three volume 1793 to 1794 edition of this work, with all three volumes bound together, retaining title pages and half titles. This edition is dated 'l'an deuxieme de la republique' to the title page tails, indicating the years 1793 and 1794. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further engraved plates, drawn by C. Monnet. Collated, complete. Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius's philosophical didactic poem 'De Rerum Natura&apos. The poem, divided into six untitled books, explores Epicurean physics through poetic language and metaphors. Rebacked, with back strip laid down, and endpapers renewed. With the bookplate of Vera Frances Salomons to the front pastedown. Salomons was a British collector and philanthropist, best known for founding the L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art, established to foster understanding between Jewish and Arab cultures through art. Rebacked, in a full decorative calf binding with the original back strip laid down. Externally, exceptional. Endpapers renewed. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting throughout, most concentrated to plates and leaves surrounding them. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: C. Monnet. Very Good Indeed .