1779 PLINY Elder 1ed Natural History Astronomy Magic Alchemy Miracles Gemology 6v

1779 PLINY Elder 1^ed Natural History Astronomy Magic Alchemy Miracles Gemology 6v

“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 1779 six-volume set was published in Paris by Barbou.

Item number: #27563

Price: $750

PLINY the Elder

Caii Plinii Secundi Historiæ naturalis libri XXXVII

Parisiis: typis J. Barbou, 1779. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
  • I – xxxvi, 496
    • Includes engraved frontispiece
  • II – [4], 512
  • III – [4], 552
  • IV – [4], 532
  • V – [4], 480
  • VI – [4], 502, [2]
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Lord Sandys; Motto: PROBUM NON POENITET
  • Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726 – 1797), was a British politician. He was the eldest son of Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, and his wife Letitia, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, Bt. He served as Member of Parliament for Droitwich from 1747 to 1754, for Bossiney from 1754 to 1762 and for Westminster from 1762 to 1770. He was a Lord of the Admiralty from April to July, 1757.
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in (16cm x 9.5cm)

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