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LUCRETIUS CARUS, TITUS. [De rerum natura.] Edited by Andrea Navagero. [8], 125, [3] leaves, including blank *8, colophon leaf, penultimate blank, and final leaf with Aldine device on verso. 8vo, 152x92 mm, 20th-century vellum; light marginal dampstain on title; cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Giorgio di Veroli (sale, Parke-Bernet, 28 February 1956, lot 529). (Venice: House of Aldus and Andrea of Asola, January 1515)
Sixth edition of De rerum natura, the second Aldine, and the first edited by Navagero; the first Aldine was printed in 1500. This was the last book published by Aldus Manutius the Elder, who died on 6 February 1515. Renouard, page 74(11); New UCLA 130; Gordon 6.
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