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All auctions / Books, Maps & Manuscripts / Plinius [Folio 34 cm
DESCRIPTION: I present to you a PRECIOUS AND IMPONENT LARGE-FORMAT EDITION on folio 34x23 cm and weighing 4 kg of the ''HISTOIRE DU MONDE (HISTORIAE MUNDI LIBRI XXXVII)'', the famous NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD BY PLINY THE ELDER (23 C.E. – 79 C.E), eminent Roman writer, scientist, naturalist, and soldier, who carried out studies and investigations into natural phenomena, ethnography and geography. Our copy is COMPLETE and contains all XXXVII books that make up the work. The author begins his work by presenting notions about the world, the Earth, the Sun, the planets and the most notable properties of the elements. From there he moves on to the geographic description of the parts of the Earth known to the ancients. After Geography, Pliny deals with the natural history of man, his anthropology and psychology. He then goes on to study the zoology of land animals, fish, insects and birds. He continues with botany, in which the author also provides much information about agriculture and crafts, such as wine and oil production, cereal cultivation and various industrial applications. He was thus interested in papyrus manufacture (XIII) and purple dyes (IX). He also deals with natural medicines obtained from plants. After the botany section, he returns to the animals to enumerate the medicines and natural remedies they provide. Finally, Pliny treats minerals, describing their extraction processes and applications. He also discusses painting and sculpture among the Ancients. Pliny also addresses in his work MONSTERS AND MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES, fabulous beings that were believed to truly exist. In medieval treatises and sculptures and in the Renaissance, there are representations and interpretations of some of the fantastic creatures that Pliny describes in his work (cyclopes, beings who feed on the perfume of flowers and fruits, women who give birth to elephants or snakes, women who turn into men, monstrous children at birth, monsters such as basilisks, dragons, Mentĭcoras, Blemias, Sphinxes, etc). Pliny’s monsters populated European legends for centuries. Some of them have reached our days and continue to be depicted, such as the phoenix or the basilisk, although there is no longer anyone who believes they exist in truth. Pliny the Elder’s work is so singular that copies as old as this are always sought after, valued, and difficult to obtain at a reasonable price. PLINY’S NATURAL HISTORY COMPLETE. DO NOT MISS IT. PUBLICATION YEAR: Paris, 1608 (418 years old) LANGUAGE: French SIZE AND PAGINATION: Dimensions: Folio, 34 x 22.5 cm, 2 volumes bound together in one volume. Thickness: 11 cm. Pagination: 2 volumes. Volume 1: Title page + [24pp] + 516pp + [82pp]; Volume 2: [18pp] + 569pp + [76pp]; Weight: 4 kg. COMPLETE WORK CONDITION: LOVELY ORIGINAL BINDING in full leather, with restorations, in good state of preservation, as shown in the photos. Spine with five raised bands entirely renewed, adorned with an antique parchment manuscript label. Textured covers with a gilt filet and a large central floral motif of vegetal inspiration. Marbled edges. The interior of the book is in good condition, as shown in the photos. The second volume’s title page is missing, which the binder apparently did not deem necessary when uniting the two volumes into a single volume. The copy is illustrated with tooled bands, beautiful drop caps and a magnificent portrait of Pliny on the title page. GOOD COPY. PLINY’S NATURAL HISTORY COMPLETE. DO NOT MISS IT. SHIPPING POLICY: "Shipping costs are combined to save you money." Economical shipping with major carriers: Shipping to Spain --> with: Zeleris Premium 24h or CORREOS Shipping to Europe --> with: UPS Express 48-72h / FedEx Express 48-72h (Some countries may have a longer transit time) Shipping to the United States --> with: UPS Express 48h / FedEx Express 48h (We have been informed by our customers that these companies are less strict or do not apply the new 15% tax on imported products) Shipping to China --> with: UPS Express 24h Shipping to the Rest of the World --> with: UPS Express 48h / FedEx Express 48h *The books will be carefully packed so that they travel comfortably to their new home.
Estimate:£361
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BOK, "Illustrierte bestimmungstabellen der käfer Deutschland"Paul
10/06/2026
£22.7
Est: £30.25
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