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Verlag: Leipzig, Carolus Tauchnitz/Lipsiae, Caroli Tauchnitii 1830, 1830
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Niederlande
4 volumes, 397, 314, 468, 429 p. Bound in the publisher's paper wrappers (Exteriors of the bindings worn with volume one missing a part of the spine, with a bookstamp on the titlepages, some foxing/yellowing throughout. With untrimmed and partly unopened text-blocks as issued.).
Anbieter: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, Dänemark
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
2 volumes. Editio Accurata. Ex Typographia Societatis, Biponti [Zweibrücke] 1789. Engraved titleleaves+416; lxxxiv+254 pages. Bound in two nice, contemporary half calf bindings. names to the flyleaves. A few notes in contemporary ink. Nice set.
London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1929. Royal8vo. Orig. full cloth. 249 pp.
Anbieter: Vangsgaards Antikvariat Aps, Copenhagen, Dänemark
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
5 volumes (complete). Ad optimorum Librorum Fidem editi cum indice rerum. Editio Stereotypa. Ex Officina Caroli Tauschnitii, Lipsiae [Tauchnitz, Leipzig] 1830. Bound in five beautiful contemporary half calf binding, spines richly gilt. A bit of foxing here and there. Armorial bookplate inserted [George Cornewall Lewis].
Translated with an introduction and notes by John F. Healy. Penguin classics 1991. xliv,400 pages. Paperback. Fine.[#219233].
Verlag: Penguin, 1963
Anbieter: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. Paperback, VG. 319pp, index, pages very slightly yellowed, otherwise a fine copy. Penguin L127. The Letters of Pliny the Younger [ 61 - 121 ] The letters form a unique personal history of the Roman administration and of daily life in 1st century Rome. The most famous letter describes the eruption, in 79 of Mount Vesuvius. Such is the accuracy of the description, Plinian has become an accepted term in Vulcanology. 200 grams.
Frankfurt am Main; J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1976. 21x15 cm. 354-365 pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.
Verlag: London( Cambridge, MS: Willliam Heinemann/ Harvard University Press: 1958., 1958
Anbieter: Antiquariat Bergische Bücherstube Mewes, Overath, Deutschland
V, 449 (1). 8 S., Reg. Ln.
Verlag: London: Heinemann; Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 1968
Anbieter: "Jos Fritz" Antiquariat Matthias Putze, Münster, Deutschland
(LCL 394) Klein-8°, vii, 421, 8 S., Orig.-Leinen, Orig.-Schutzumschlag. (Einleitung englisch, Plinius-Texte lateinisch und englisch.) - Zustand: Schutzumschlag gut, Buch wie neu.
Verlag: Cambridge, Mass.; London, England: Harvard University Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0674993888ISBN 13: 9780674993884
Anbieter: "Jos Fritz" Antiquariat Matthias Putze, Münster, Deutschland
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(LCL 352) Klein-8°, viii, 663 S., Orig.-Leinen, Orig.-Schutzumschlag. (Einleitung englisch, Plinius-Texte lateinisch und englisch.) - Zustand: Preisschildrest hinten am Schutzumschlag, sonst sehr gut.
Verlag: Cambridge, Mass.; London, England: Harvard University Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 0674994612ISBN 13: 9780674994614
Anbieter: "Jos Fritz" Antiquariat Matthias Putze, Münster, Deutschland
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(LCL 419) Klein-8°, xviii, 343, (1) S., Orig.-Leinen, Orig.-Schutzumschlag. (Einleitung englisch, Plinius-Texte lateinisch und englisch.) - Zustand: Preisschild-Rest hinten am Schutzumschlag, Buch wie neu.
Verlag: EX TYPOGRAPHIA SOCIETATIS BIPONTINAE, Zweibrücken (Biponti), 1789
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Mottled Calf. Zustand: Good. 2 volumes, over 650 pages, copper-engraved title vignettes, bound in mottled calf, gilt lining on boards and gilt decoration to spines, spines somewhat rubbed with small loss to top of backstrip on vol 1 but a good tight set with an important provenance: with the bookplate of Frances-Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), one of the greatest of British Book Collectors of Eshton Hall, Gargrave, near Skipton, Yorkshire.
Verlag: London/ Cambridge, MS: Willliam Heinemann/ Harvard University Press 1956/1960., 1960
Anbieter: Antiquariat Bergische Bücherstube Mewes, Overath, Deutschland
zus. ca. 4000 S. Reg. Kl 8° Ln. *fehlt Vol. 8+10*.
Verlag: London, William Heinemann / Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952
Anbieter: Pallas Books Antiquarian Booksellers, Leiden, Niederlande
cloth, 12mo vii+440 pp. parall Latin text and English translation, with notes; good condition (cover with mild traces of use, interior clean, no annotations).
Verlag: London, William Heinemann / Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1952
Anbieter: Pallas Books Antiquarian Booksellers, Leiden, Niederlande
cloth, 12mo xvi+535, vii+440 pp. paralle Latin text and English translation, with notes; very good condition (interior clean, no annotations).
Verlag: Gio: Giacomo Hertz., Venetia
Anbieter: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Kanada
1686, 3rd edition. (hardcover) Good. [title leaf], [10], 473pp. 32mo. Diminutive volume, measuring 2.5" wide x 4.5" tall x 1.25" thick. Bound in full vellum; title compartments in leather to spine, lettered in gilt. Entire spine with diamond-ruled decorative pattern in gilt; gold much rubbed and faded. The binding was presumably done or, at the very least, extensively repaired in the mid-19th century given the fact that there is a bookplate on the front-pastedown dated 1867 with portions of what appears to be an original leather spine laid beneath. Vellum dust-dirtied; rubbed; circular dirtied spot at head of top cover, presumably from a long-since removed sticker. Covers stiff, somewhat splayed. All edges of textblock done in blue marbling; top edge notably dust-darkened. Marbled eps. Armorial bookplate to front-pastedown that reads "Esperance En Dieu / 1867"; common enough in antiquarian collections. Textblock surprisingly clean through; some dirtying and toning to the prelims; some dampstaining at the foot of the textblock early. Else internally clean. Text in the original Latin on the left within black-border textbox; vulgar Italian translation on the right. Title page device of a wood-cut vignette of a ship. Overall, an attractive, uncommon antiquarian copy of this text. This issue being the 3rd Edition of this work. First published in 1657 in Valenza. Second issue in 1670 in Venice.
Verlag: West, Oxford, 1703
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: very good. Accedit Vita Plinii ordine Chronologico digesta. Title vignette. 45, 376pp., 8vo, full contemporary calf; (first 34pp. comprising the Life of Pliny is heavily underlined in pencil). Oxonii: G. West, 1703. Very good. Lowndes III, p.1885.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1483
Kunst / Grafik / Poster
Zustand: Good. Original Leaf measuring 8.5 by 13 with device from 1483. Text in Latin. From the Biblical library of Stanley S. Slotkin. Mounted heavy paper with facsimile of the title page on the left, 22.5 by 7.5 inches. The leaf is printed on one side and is attached on the upper margin by three staples. Evidently this is how the leaves were fashioned for distribution by Slotkin. Paper has a small upper left corner loss with a pushed upper edge on the left side. Folded vertically in the middle. Matting would easily hide these flaws. Background: Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party supply rental company Abbey Rents. He was also an avid collector of antique Bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities, churches, and libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked away where they could not be seen. He dismembered a number of books, and donated sets of pages to any institution that would agree to display them publicly. He was also heavily interested in archaeology, cosmetic medicine, and recreational diving and contributed philanthropically to numerous causes throughout his life.
Verlag: Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: Apud Hackios, 1669
Anbieter: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Vereinigtes Königreich
Three volumes, 8vo. Engraved second title pages, armorial bookplates. Later mottled calf, gilt banded spines with red morocco labels, slight cracking to upper joints but sound.
Verlag: Londini: Curante et imprimente A.J.Valpy, A.M.,, 1826
Anbieter: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
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hard cover. Zustand: Good. no jacket. 11 vols. v.1. Preface, etc., Naturalis historiae lib.I-III. (viii,652pp.). v.2. Lib.III-VI, De situ Paradisi Terrestris Disquisitto. (653-1277pp.+ 1 folding map). v.3. Lib.VII-IX. (1280-1837pp.). v.4. Lib.X-XV.(1840-2494pp.). v.5. Lib.XVI-XIX.(2496-3070pp.). v.6. Lib.XX-XXV.(3072-3676pp.). v.7. Lib.XXVI-XXXII.(3678-4298pp.). v.8. Lib.XXXIII-XXXVII, Index.(4300-4954pp.). v.9. Notae variorum, lib.I-XXVIII.(4958-5654pp.). v.10. Notae variorum, lib.XXIX-XXXVII, Notitia literaria, Recensus editionum, Recensus codicum mss., Index. (5655-5869pp., 18 plates, cccx). v.11. Index. (ccccxi-mxxi). Full calf. Raised bands with title label, gilt title to spine. Gilt motif to front boards. All edges marbled, and marbled e.ps. Boards light stained and spines somewhat darkened. Flyleaves light stained. Hinge of front boards of vols.1, 3, 4 and 9, and of front & rear boards of vol.5 damaged. 22x14.5cm. [aj1168-102439].
Verlag: Parisiis, Typis Antonii-Urbani Coustelier,, 1723
Anbieter: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
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hard cover. Zustand: Fair. no jacket. 3 vols. Tomus primus; (32pp.), 1 folded map., 790pp., 8 plates. / Tomus Secundus; 796pp., 3 plates., 797-835pp., (addenda; 2pp.) / Tomi II. pars altera ; 836-1289pp., (1pp.). Full calf. Raised bands with title label, gilt title and motif to spine. Red colored edges. Boards and spine somewhat rubbed, light stained and chipped. Joint of spine and boards started and partly torn. Top edge darkened. Tomus Primus; Boards damaged and the surface peeled. Joint of spine and boards almost detached. Lower part of title page torn. / Tomus Secundus; Joint of spine and front board almost detached, and joint of rear board partly torn. Bottom edge of spine damaged. From title page to p.280 small wormed. Ink notation to margin of p.1. / Tomi II. pars altera; Joint of spine and front board started and partly torn. Ink notation to margin of title page. pp.873-4 page number misprinted. 40x25.5cm. [aj1114-102398].
Verlag: Parisiis, Impensis Societatis,, 1741
Anbieter: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 3 vols. Tomus primus; (28pp.), 1 folded map., 788pp., 11 plates. / Tomus Secundus; 835pp. / Tomi II. pars altera; 836-1279pp., (1pp.). Full calf. Raised bands with title label, gilt title and motif to spine. Red colored edges. New e.ps. Ex-libris.on front e.p. (Fir John E Swinburne Bar, Capheaton). Boards and spine rubbed and chipped. Corners of bords chipped and surface of spine partly peeled. Joint of spine and boards started and partly torn. Edges spotted. Small ink notation to margin of title page. Some pages of each vol.light stained and foxing. Tomus Primus; A label of spine peeled and chipped. Edges spotted. Pencil notations to pp.69-71 and 73. Margin of p.151 torn. / Tomus Secundus; Pages light damp stained. / Tomi II. pars altera; Small part of spine calf missing. Page number of p.891 misprinted as p.198. Lower corner of pp.973 and 1237 folded. 38.8x25.5cm. [aj1113-102397].
Verlag: Parisiis, Typis Antonii-Urbani Coustelier,, 1723
Anbieter: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 3 vols. Tomus primus; (32pp.), 1 folded map., 8 plates, 790pp., / Tomus Secundus; (2)pp., 3 plates., 796pp., 797-835pp., (addenda; 2pp.) / Tomi II. pars altera; 836-1289pp., (1pp.). (Title of "Tomi II. pars altera": Historiae Naturalis C. Plinii Secundi indices locupletissimi tres. Primus geographicus provinciarum, civitatum, montium, fluminum, &c. Secundus exhibet nomina propria numinum, virorum ac feminarum, &c. Tertius idemque copiosissimus verborum ac sententiarum est.) Full vellum, brown title labels to spine with gilt titles. Blind motif on front and rear boards of each vol. Ex-libris. (Augustus Arthur Vansittart) on front e.p.of each vol. Each vol.: Boards rubbed and somewhat curved. Edges of spine somewhat rubbed and title labels sl.rubbed and chipped. Edges foxing. Some pages light spotted. Vol.1: Boards stained. Page number "Ppij" misprinted as "Ooij." Pencil notation to p.388. p.725 and pp.730-731 dark brown spotted. Vol.2: Boards somewhat stained. e.ps.sl.foxing. Vol.3: Boards somewhat stained. Title label partly missing. e.ps.sl.foxing. 45x29cm. [aj1425-102538].
Anbieter: ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Niederlande
[36], 671, [188] pp.Praised 1532 edition of Pliny's Naturalis historia: "Cette édition citée avec éloge par Ernesti et par Rezzonico." (Brunet). Pliny's Natural history is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available at the time. It encompasses the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy, geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. ''We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf Pliny identifies Tylos (Bahrain) as a place famous for its pearls [He] attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society, and that those from the Gulf were specially praised The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, India and South Arabia'' (Carter).With bookplate on paste-down, some ink notes on the title-page, the first page, and occasionally in the margins; title-page a bit soiled; some wormholes near the end of the book, mostly in the margins. Binding slightly worn along the extremities. Overall in good condition.l Brunet IV, col. 715; Carter, ''The history and prehistory of pearling in the Persian Gulf'', in: Journal of the economic and social history of the orient, 48 (2005), pp.139-209; Graesse V, p. 339 ("Excellente édition"); for Pliny: DSB XI, pp. 38-40.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
(58), 614, (42) pp. (12), 632, (86) pp.Pliny's renowned Natural History in its second publication in English (repeating, with corrections, the 1601 first publication), translated by Philemon Holland, the greatest translator of the Elizabethan age. The "Naturalis Historia" is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to the author. Pliny claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work. It comprised 37 books in 10 volumes and covered over 20,000 facts on topics including the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy , geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. Some technical advances he discusses are the only sources for those inventions, such as hushing in mining technology or the use of water mills for crushing or grinding corn. Much of what he wrote about has been confirmed by archaeology. ''We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf [.] Pliny identifies Tylos (Bahrain) as a place famous for its pearls [. He] attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society, and that those from the Gulf were specially praised [.] The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, India and South Arabia'' (Carter). Book 6 holds a chapter that gives the first detailed account of the regions around the Gulf, including what are now Qatar, the Emirates and Oman. Binding rubbed; front hinge splitting. Includes the final printed leaf in vol. 2, containing the publisher's advertisement to the reader that all errors have been corrected in the present edition and the errata leaf (included in the same position in 1601) has become unnecessary rather than having been mistakenly omitted. Some slight browning and brownstaining, but an excellent copy removed in 1973 from the Royal Meteorological Society (Symons Bequest, 1900) with their bookplate on the front pastedown.l STC 20030. Cf. Pforzheimer 496 (1601 ed.).
Verlag: Paris, (Nicolaus Savetier) for Jean Petit, 1526., 1526
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
Folio. (188), (34), CCCCCXXXVI [= CCCCCXXXVIII; 538] pp. Title-page in red and black and separate title-page to index, both with woodcut border. Elaborately decorated calf, with image of the crucifixion on both panels. Blind-tooled spine. First and only Paris edition of "Historiae naturalis", with the annotations by Hermolaus Barbarus (1454-94), an Italian Renaissance scholar. His discussions of Pliny's "Naturalis Historia" was first published as "Castigationes Plinianae" in 1492, in which he made over 5000 corrections to the original text. Due to this work and other classical works he translated or edited he was considered a leader authority on Latin and Greek work on antiquity. The present copy was published by Jean Petit, in his days a leading bookseller in Paris, whose name and device are shown on the title-page with decorative woodcut border. The title-page to the index, here bound before the text, has the initials of the printer Nicolaus Sauetier. - The original text was by Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), better known as Pliny the Elder. He was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. - The "Naturalis Historia" is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. He claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work. It comprised 37 books in 10 volumes and covered over 20,000 facts on topics including the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy, geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. Some technical advances he discusses are the only sources for those inventions, such as hushing in mining technology or the use of water mills for crushing or grinding corn. Much of what he wrote about has been confirmed by archaeology. ''We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf [.] Pliny identifies Tylos (Bahrain) as a place famous for its pearls [. He] attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society, and that those from the Gulf were specially praised [.] The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, India and South Arabia'' (Carter). Book 6 has a chapter that gives the first detailed account of the regions around the Gulf, including what are now Qatar, the Emirates and Oman. - Not only is it virtually the only work which describes the work of artists of the time, and has it become an important reference work for the history of art, due to the wide range of topics, the referencing system and index it became a model for later encyclopaedias. - Panels shaved, affecting the decoration, spine cracked on the hinges. With manuscript ownership on title-page of the index. A good copy. - Bird 1910. USTC (2 copies). Not in Adams, BMC French, Durling, Hunt, Wellcome.
Verlag: London, Adam Islip, 1601., 1601
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
Folio (32 x 20 cm). 2 vols. in one. (58), 614, (42) pp. (12), 632, (86) pp. Elaborate woodcut device on title-page; woodcut initials, head and tailpieces. 19th century half morocco & marbled boards, spine tooled in blind, lettered in gilt, raised bands. Pliny the Elder's renowned Natural History in its first publication in English, translated by Philemon Holland, the greatest translator of the Elizabethan age. The "Naturalis Historia" is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. He claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work. It comprised 37 books in 10 volumes and covered over 20.000 facts on topics including the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy, geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. Some technical advances he discusses are the only sources for those inventions, such as hushing in mining technology or the use of water mills for crushing or grinding corn. Much of what he wrote about has been confirmed by archaeology. "We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf [.] Pliny identifies Tylos (Bahrain) as a place famous for its pearls [. He] attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society, and that those from the Gulf were specially praised [.] The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, India and South Arabia" (Carter). Book 6 holds a chapter that gives the first detailed account of the regions around the Gulf, including what are now Qatar, the Emirates and Oman. - Includes the final printed leaf in vol. 2, containing the errata and printer's colophon. In this copy, the title-page was evidently cut horizontally, above the device, then pieced back together, backed with early laid paper, with the lower half slightly darkened. - STC 20029. Pforzheimer 496.
Verlag: (Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1524)., 1524
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
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Folio. (16), 311, (60) ff. Title-page and sub-title to index with ornamental woodcut border. Woodcut initials, head and tail pieces. Calf, gold-tooled ribbed spine with title-label. Sprinkled edges. First edition of the "Natural history" edited by Johannes Caesarius (1468-1550), a humanist and close friend of Erasmus. The original text was by Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 - August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder. He was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian. The text in the present edition is decorated with woodcut borders and many woodcut initials. - The "Naturalis Historia" is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. He claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work. It comprised 37 books in 10 volumes and covered over 20,000 facts on topics including the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy , geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time. Some technical advances he discusses are the only sources for those inventions, such as hushing in mining technology or the use of water mills for crushing or grinding corn. Much of what he wrote about has been confirmed by archaeology. ''We know from Pliny that there were important pearl fisheries in the Gulf [.] Pliny identifies Tylos (Bahrain) as a place famous for its pearls [. He] attests that pearls were the most highly rated valuable in Roman society, and that those from the Gulf were specially praised [.] The pearl related finds at the site of El-Dur indicate the site was integrated into the maritime trade routes linking the Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, India and South Arabia'' (Carter). Book 6 holds a chapter that gives the first detailed account of the regions around the Gulf, including what are now Qatar, the Emirates and Oman. - Not only is it virtually the only work which describes the work of artists of the time, and has it become an important reference work for the history of art, due to the wide range of topics, the referencing system and index it became a model for later encyclopaedias. - With manuscript notes of multiple owners on pastedown (including written ex-libris by Antonii Mauritii Seguin 1713 and Mathon de la cour 1744). Some underling in text, and notes in the margins (partly lost due to trimmed edges). A very good copy with bookplate of De Ponsainpierre on pastedown. - VD 16, P 3531. Adams P 1556. BM-STC German 704. Durling 3689 (imperfect copy). Hunt 23. USTC (11 copies).
Verlag: Venice, Bernardinus Benalius, 1497 (but not before 13 Feb. 1498)., 1498
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
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Folio. 268 ff. Contemporary vellum with ms. title to spine. Fine incunabular edition of Pliny's famous encylopedic work, covering the entire field of ancient knowledge. With his "Natural History", Pliny gives a mathematical and physical description of the world, discusses geography, ethnography, anthropology, human physiology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, sculpture and painting. As "a purveyor of information both scientific and nonscientific, Pliny holds a place of exceptional importance in the tradition and diffusion of culture" (DSB). Through the present work Pliny "gives us by far the most detailed account of the coast of the United Arab Emirates that has come down to us. Chapter 32 of Book 6 (§ 149-152), beginning near the Qatar peninsula, proceeds to describe the Emirates islands, tribes, and coast right up to the Musandam peninsula, before continuing on south along the coast of Oman. As such, it is a mine of invaluable information on the UAE in the late pre-Islamic era" (UAE History, online). Pliny "completed his 'Natural History' in 77 AD and, to judge from his account of the peoples and places of south-eastern Arabia [.], the area of the UAE was full of settlements, tribes, and physical features, the names of which he recorded for posterity" (Ghareeb/Al Abed 54). - "This appears to be the first edition of Barbarus' recension, the note of a 1496 edition by the same printer being probably due to a confusion (Hain 13099)" (BMC). Dated 1497 in the colophon, but the dedication is dated the Ides of February in the twelfth year of the Doge Augustinus Barbadicus (30 Aug. 1497 to 29 Aug. 1498). - Numerous contemporary marginalia. Slight worming to gutter and some waterstaining near end; spine restored. Late 19th-c. bookplate of Dr. J. Klauber on front pastedown. - HC 13101*. Goff P-799. GW M34321. Klebs 786.14. Proctor 4893A. BMC V 377. ISTC ip00799000.
[B-SZ-4] 2 Bände [285 Seiten], 8°. Titelblatt gestempelt, tadelloses Exemplar. Privates Halbleder im privaten Schuber,