In good condition. Covers and spine on both volumes have age-related toning and wear. Corners of covers are bent inwards. Spines on both volumes have tears at the tops and bottoms. Pages in both volumes have age-related toning and foxing. Hinges are in good condition and pages have good support throughout both volumes. Edges of pages have age-related toning and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. 

This is a two volume set featuring text and translation from Latin from the work of Lucretius, a Roman philosopher and poet. His only known work has been translated into English as On The Nature of Things. The poem focuses on the ideas of Epicureanism, which features ideas of cosmology and atomism. The poem argues that the universe operates on chance, rather than intervention of the Roman divinities. 

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