Ross. 884, a copy of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura at the vatican library. It bears the signature and notes by N.Machiavelli suggesting he once studied the copy. At some point, someone tried to scrub the signature, and did a good job, as nobody discovered the connection to M. before 1960 [2948×2267]

Ross. 884, a copy of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura at the vatican library. It bears the signature and notes by N.Machiavelli suggesting he once studied the copy. At some point, someone tried to scrub the signature, and did a good job, as nobody discovered the connection to M. before 1960 [2948×2267]

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