LUCRECE

LUCRECE. De rerum natura libri VI. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1534. In-8, Lyon edition decorated with a number of engraved lettrines. Bound in full contemporary calf, the boards decorated with cold-stamped filleting, fleurons at the spandrels and center, 5-ribbed spine. Handwritten bookplate and numerous handwritten annotations on the first few leaves. (worn binding, restorations, scratched bookplate and restoration to title page, traces of wetness).