LUCREZIO CARO, Tito (ca 96-55 B.C.) - Della natura delle cose. Tradotto da Alessandro Marchetti. Amsterdam [but Paris]: a spese dell’editore, 1754.   A fine copy in red morocco ("bound by Derome" in pencil on endpapre) of this richly illustrated and handsomely printed edition on large paper. The majority of the plates after Cochin, whose fine contribution towards this publication was never matched in his later work. Ray calls this edition ‘the model for the sumptuous rococo volumes of the ensuing twenty-five years’.   2 volumes, 8vo (227 x 138mm). Engraved frontispieces and title pages by Le Mire after Eisen, 6 full page engraved plates including 5 after Cochin and one after Le Lorrain, engraved vignette headpieces and tailpieces (light browning and spotting). Contemporary red morocco decorated in gilt on covers, spine, inlays and edges, marbled endpapers and cases (extremities lightly rubbed, few tiny wormholes, spines lightly faded). Provenance: Marco Lazzari (stamp on titles) - Thomas Phillips Price (armorial bookplate from Marks Hall). (2)

Estimate € 700 - 1,000

Sold € 1,600