1561 PLINY Elder 1ed Natural History Astronomy Magic Alchemy Miracles Gemology 3v

1561 PLINY Elder 1^ed Natural History Astronomy Magic Alchemy Miracles Gemology 3v

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain”

– Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, book II

Pliny the Elder was one of the most important 1^st-century Roman authors who is remembered for his encyclopedic work ‘Naturalis Historia’ which would become the model for encyclopedias. ‘Natural History’ is oft thought to the be single largest work surviving the Roman Empire and covers a vast field of knowledge including astronomy, meteorology, geography, zoology, botany, agriculture, medicine, as well as magic, alchemy, and gemology.

Pliny also notes some miraculous events in this book including floating islands on Lake Vadimo and gives special attention to magic, declaring that magic originated out of medicine and should have flourished alongside the developments in medicine.

This 1561 edition was published in Lyon by the heirs of Jacques Giunta.

Item number: #28130

Price: $1195

PLINY the Elder

1. Plinii Secundi Historiae mundi libri XXXVII

Lugduni: Apud hæredes Iacobi Iuntae, 1561-62.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 tomes
  • I – [96], 409, [237]
  • II – [3], 526 (i.e. 524), [188]
  • IV – 466, [162]
  • Wanting volume 3
• References: USTC 120875
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – M^re. Eustache Bousselin, Conseiller du Roy, Controlleur General du Marc d’Or des Ordres de sa Majeste
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (16cm x 9.5cm)
• Quite rare

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