{"id":17,"date":"2026-06-11T16:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/lucretius\/front-matter\/david-attenborough-describes-the-1515-aldine-edition-of-lucretius-as-one-of-his-most-precious-books\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:05:53","slug":"david-attenborough-describes-the-1515-aldine-edition-of-lucretius-as-one-of-his-most-precious-books","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/lucretius\/front-matter\/david-attenborough-describes-the-1515-aldine-edition-of-lucretius-as-one-of-his-most-precious-books\/","title":{"raw":"David Attenborough describes the 1515 Aldine edition of Lucretius as one of his \"most precious books.\"","rendered":"David Attenborough describes the 1515 Aldine edition of Lucretius as one of his &#8220;most precious books.&#8221;"},"content":{"raw":"David Attenborough describes<a 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