De Rerum Natura Libri Sex

Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1772. First Baskerville edition. [2], 280 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, double gilt-fillet borders with floral cornerpieces on sides, additionally tooled in blind, spine gilt. Bookplate of Charles Conover Kalbfleisch; Francis Kettaneh book label perished gilt in five panels with wide raised bands, a.e.g. Corners and spine tips a bit rubbed, otherwise a lovely copy. Bookplate of Charles Conover Kalbfleisch; Francis Kettaneh book label perished. First Baskerville edition. [2], 280 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Baskerville's beautiful Lucretius is not a rare book, but unusual in contemporary morocco.
First of the elegant quarto series of Latin classics produced in 1772 by the great typographer and printer John Baskerville.
One of the grandest and most moving poems in the Latin language (PMM 87). Gaskell 43. Provenance: Charles Conover Kalbfleisch (book label); Francis Kettaneh (book label removed)