LUCRECE (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) - ( SANSON de PONGERVILLE, J - Lot 165

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LUCRECE (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) - ( SANSON de PONGERVILLE, J - Lot 165
LUCRECE (TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS) - ( SANSON de PONGERVILLE, Jean-Baptiste ): On the nature of things (de rerum natura). Complete of the two volumes in one. Paris, ed. Armand Le Chevalier, 1866, new corrected edition, very large in-8, half green chagrin with corners, plates with speckled paper in black-white-yellow underlined by double gilded nets between spine and corners, author and title, boxes with double gilded nets, fleurons and arabesques, gilded dotted on the spine with 5 nerves, gilded headband, binding of the XIXth century, XL - 296 - (4) - (6) - 354 - (2) pp foreword "reflections on the poem and the system of Lucretius", "life of Lucretius", notes and tables for both volumes, untrimmed, text in Latin and translation into French opposite, translation from Latin by Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville. The author Titus Lucretius Carus, Lucretius, was a Latin poet and philosopher of the first century BC (98 - 55). He was the author of a single work in six parts, the "de rerum natura". "To give the greatest persuasive force to the saving philosophical word, that which leads to good and moves away from evils, which cures vain fears, those of the gods and of death in particular, such is the project of Lucretius (1st century B.C.), who composes in Latin his famous poem, "De rerum natura", to the glory of Epicurus and his philosophy. A doctrinal exposition of exceptional richness and a major literary work, this poem is a total work, where truth is combined with beauty, and the seductions of the imagination with the rigor of analysis. [Jean-François Balaudé. Absolute primacy of the individual interest. The essential thing is to be happy, that is to say that nothing disturbs our pleasure. From the end of antiquity, Epicurus was presented by Christian authors as a follower of the most extreme debauchery, far from his philosophy of moderation. Although Epicureanism was one of the most influential philosophies of antiquity, his books disappeared for lack of copyists. The "De rerum natura" appeared in France for the first time in 1514, with a Latin commentary that was violently hostile to Epicurean doctrine, but the work's dissemination was mainly due to the edition of Denis Lambin, professor of Greek literature at the Collège royal, published in 1564 in Paris. Lambin describes Lucretius' philosophy as "delirious and in many ways impious", but he admires his poetry. This book is an ode to the sweetness of life and underlines the pleasures of the life. The translation from Latin to French is by Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville (1782 - 1870) member of the French Academy and former curator of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève and of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Complete with the two volumes. Very nice binding of the XIXth century in a very good condition. RARE. Very good condition of the binding with a very slight discoloration; some scattered foxing, yellowing of the untrimmed edges.
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