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Lucretius pointing to the casus
Designed by “T. C.” (possibly Thomas Creech, died 1700); drawn and engraved by M. Burghers
1714
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- T. Lucretius Carus of the Nature of Things (https://archive.org/details/tlucretiuscaruso01lucr/page/n5/mode/2up)
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
The Roman poet Lucretius pointing to the casus, the downward movement of the atoms. From the frontispiece to T. Lucretius Carus, Of the Nature of Things, translated by Thomas Creech, second and third editions, Oxford and London 1682–1683. Reproduced from the edition by [John Digby], 2 vols., London 1714. Designed by “T. C.”, possibly Thomas Creech (1659–1700). Drawn and engraved by Michael Burghers (1650–1727).
