de rerum natura the nature of things a poetic translation

Bound in one volume.īinding Later C19th half green grained morocco, green grained cloth boards, gilt-ruled spine and lettering. Soane to accept / his acknowledgments for the / honor he has conferred upon his work and encloses an invitation card for Recitals from / his Lucretius. Soane's subscription was recorded in the printer's prospectuses issued in May 1812 ( q.v.) and November 1812 ( q.v.) a letter from Busby dated March, 1812. made on 21 June 1813 for 'a Royal Copy of my Lucretius'.

Busby is also parodied in the Rejected addresses ( q.v.) for the reopening of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.Ĭopy Notes Imperfect wanting the half-titles. But, the devil prompting him to add a specimen, she transmitted him a subsequent answer, saying that, 'after perusing it, her conscience would not permit her to allow her name to remain on the list of subscribblers', as also in his poem The Waltz, 1813, 'Oh! for the flow of Busby, or of Fitz, / The latter's loyalty, the former's wits, / To 'energise the object I pursue,' / And give both Belial and his Dance their due'. sent his translating prospectus, she subscribed. She is an adept in the text of the original (which I like too) and when that booby Bus. The work figures in Byron's journal in 1813 where he records his affair with Lady Oxford and two months passed with her 'as worthy of the gods in Lucretius. &c', as does that of Lord Byron 'Author of 'Chylde Harold's Pilgrimage''. Soane's name appears in the list of 'Barristers-at-Law, naval and military officers, &c. viii) whose approval led to the publication of the complete translation in 1813. He gave public readings to 'to characters high in rank, literary repute, and poetical taste' (preface, p. Thomas Busby, composer and musicologist, began work on his translation in rhymed couplets in the 1780s, completing the work and the life of Lucretius in 1810. Cardon after Craig, published 'May 1 1813, by John Hearne'. The engraved bust portrait of Epicurus is by A. The six books of the poem, as well as the commentaries following, each have separate paging. London (Place), printed by Marchant and Galabin, for the author.

Published under the express auspices of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and dedicated to The Right Honourable Lord Grenville. The nature of things, a didascalic poem, translated from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus: accompanied with commentaries, comparative, illustrative, and scientific and the life of Epicurus.

De rerum natura the nature of things a poetic translation