Pliny the Elder Plinius (44 results)

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paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

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Frankfurt am Main; J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1976. 21x15 cm. 354-365 pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to textblock.; Xiv, 592 pp; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 2; 592 pages.

Translated with an introduction and notes by John F. Healy. Penguin classics 1991. xliv,400 pages. Paperback. Fine.[#219233].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light foxing to textblock. Minor bumping to corners.; Xiv, 496 pp; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 3; 496 pages.

10 vols., 12mo., pp.xiv, 378, 8; ix, [i], 662, 8; ix, [i], 616, 8; vii, [i], 556, 8; vii, [i], 544, 8; xxv, [i], 532, [ii], 8; xiv, 558, [ii], 8; vii, [i], 596, [ii], 8; vii, [i], 422, 8; xviii, 344, 8. 8-page catalogue at rear of each vol., most with some ms notes to rear endpapers. Red cloth, gilt titles to spines. Vols I-III and VII spines sunned, some endcaps a little rubbed, varying amounts of toning to endpapers, vol. VII a little cocked, very good overall. The 37 books of Pliny's Natural History in a set of ten volumes from the Loeb Classical Library, dated as follows (volumes I-V being reprints): 1958; 1947; 1956; 1952; 1961; 1951; 1956; 1963; 1952; 1962.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Former owner's bookplates to inner covers (William Mode Spackman) with scholar's name written in ink below (W. P. Wallace). Spines are lightly browned. Light rubbing. Minor shelfwear. V4 & 6: front inner hinges starting to crack but holding.; V. 2: (1875) xxxviii, 424 pp; V. 3: (1892) xiv, 496 pp; V. 4: (1897) X, 500 pp; V. 5: (1897) X, 512 pp & V. 6: (1898) iv, 462 pp.; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 2-6.

First edition in English, first issue (with the Islip imprint); 2 vols, folio (30.5 x 20.7 cm); 2 title pages each with woodcut allegorical device, woodcut head- and tailpieces, decorative initials, last leaf with errata on recto and colophon on verso, one or two instances of early marginalia; lacking first blank leaf in each volume, scattered light foxing and staining, a few marginal open and closed tears, scattered small rust holes costing a few letters, faint dampstaining to a few gatherings; late 18th-century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, edges speckled red, sometime rebacked with original spines laid down, gilt tooling to spines, red morocco title labels to spines lettered in gilt; a handsome copy. 'Over and over again it will be found that the source of some ancient piece of wisdom is Pliny.' (PMM 5) A handsome first edition, first issue of Philemon Holland's renowned English translation of Pliny's Natural History. The most popular of Holland's translations, it had never before been printed in English, and would not be attempted again for another 250 years. One of the greatest translators of the Elizabethan age, Holland's Pliny was an important source for Shakespeare. 'In Othello's allusion to the Pontic Sea, Shakespeare was clearly drawing upon Pliny's Historie as translated by HollandâĤ Similarly Pliny has also been cited as a source for Othello's reference to the "medicinal gum" of "the Arabian trees"' (Payne, Search for Meaning, 63), and many trace Caliban in The Tempest to Holland's Pliny. 'The importance of Pliny lay not so much that he was an inexhaustible source for monsters, eclipses, and the stranger habits of all created things, but that in the pages of Philemon Holland's translation Shakespeare found that emphasis on Nature which he employed and re-interpreted in the tragedy' (Evans, The Language of Shakespeare's Plays). STC 20029.5; Pforzheimer 496; ESTC S115918; Brueggemann, 670; Lowndes, 1885; cf. PMM 5.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. 4to. 1st edition in English. 2 volumes in one. Leatherbound. Raised bands. Light bumping to fore corners of scarred, scratched, and scraped covers. Mild spotting to bottom edge of textblock. Occasional dampstaining to textblock fore edges, with discoloration and slight waviness to affected page margins. Bookplate affixed to f.p.d. by previous owner. Slight tearing and mild chipping to fore edges of title page and first 3 pages of preface. Some spotting to fore edge margins of leaves. Small hole to last 5 pages of contents and 2 small holes to errata page. Occasional scraping and chipping to fore margins of leaves. VG.

Heyden's German translation of selections from Pliny's "Natural History"; focused on anthropology and zoology. The book contains many large Renaissance woodcuts by outstanding artists, e.g. Jost Amman (1539-1591) and Virgil Solis (1514-1562); the first series depicts soldiers, artists, physicians, chemists, scientists and musicians, another series depicts various mammals, birds and fish. Fraktur typesetting; pages are decorated with headpieces, tailpieces and initials. An incomplete copy: the pages 221-226, 391-392, 553-627 and the index (10 leaves) are missing. /// Leather binding with blind embossing (fixed with a different backstrip); hardback, [16]+[544] pp., 8° (17 x 23 cm), cover worn, boards deformed, leather has tiny bookworm traces, backstrip discoloured, with chips, tears and bookworm traces, edges yellowed, top edge darkened, endpapers darkened and worn, with tears, tiny ink stains and (very old) marginalia, back free endpaper has ownership stamp, title leaf worn and darkened, fixed and backed with several pieces of paper, some pages dog-eared, some pages have pale water stains (or small ink stains), some pages have tiny chips, tears or/and bookworm traces, several pages darkened, several pages have very old pen marginalia, condition: fair Book Language/s: German.

Hardcover. Condition: 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].

hard cover. Condition: 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].

Hardcover. Condition: 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].

2 parts in one volume. 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.). Contemporary calf, spine in six compartments, tooled and lettered in gilt. Elaborate woodcut device on title-page; woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Pages: (58), 614, (42) pp. (12), 632, (86) pp.

First edition thus. 3 vols., 12mo, pp. [xxiv], 654, [xviii]; 631, [xvii]; 582, [xviii]. Engraved titlepage, small woodcut portrait of Pliny. With 'variae lectiones' and indexes at end of each vol. Slight toning, occasional minor spots, titles dusty, 1: one lower outer blank corner minimally torn, 2: small loss to lower blank margin of one leaf. Full blue morocco c.1800, signed by C. Hering (binder's ticket), blind-tooled, straight-grained calf doublures with gilt edges, raised bands, spines gilt-lettered, a.e.g. (boards and joints rubbed, free endpapers soiled). Later annotation to original rear endpaper. The first Elzevier edition of Pliny's 'Natural History', which became extremely popular with later collectors. De Laet was a Leiden historian and editor who wrote or produced a number of texts for the Elzevir press. In the dedication, to the lawyer and French royal counsellor Jerome Bignon (1589-1656), he states that he drew on the edition of Claude Saumaise. Willems 428; Dibdin (3rd edn.) II, 323.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo (super). Two volumes in one. Place of publication stamped out, with "Geneue" stamped below printer. On second title page, no placeof publication, but "Geneue" stamped in place. Bound in full vellum with red leather spine label, slightly raised bands. Text in French. Vol. I: [56] 533 p.p., plus table [219 p.p., unpaginated]; Vol. II: [22] 624 p.p. plus table [142 p.p. unpaginated]. Early doodles to front and rear boards. Vellum chipped to bottom corners with bruising to corners and spine ends. Doodles also to f.f.e. and fly leaves, with early ownership signature on title page of Vol. I. Light sporadic stains and smudges to pages. Some pages trimmed, with sporadic tears to edges and margins throughout. Noticeably on p. 103 (partially affecting text), and bottom corner of p. 441 in Vol. I, and in Vol. II small tear to p. 83 (partially affecting text), head of 167 and p. 361. Otherwise in very good condition. These two books on Pliny's Natural History encompasses a wide variety of subjects including physical geography, place names throughout Europe and the world, natural history of flowers, herbs, the medicinal properties of animals, as well as a chapter on the origin of the magical arts. Antoine Pinet (1510-1584) was a renaissance writer who translated many works from Latin into French.

Folio (235 x 320 mm). 2 vols. in one. (58), 614, (42) pp. (12), 632, (86) pp. Elaborate woodcut device on title-page; woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, spine in six compartments, tooled and lettered in gilt. 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. - STC 20030. Cf. Pforzheimer 496 (1601 ed.).

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Delphin Edition. Complete 5 Volume Set; bound in full period leather w/ gilt titles and raised spine bands. Hinges are cracked but holding, and boards show wear to their edges and corners; overall in fair to good condition. The bookplates of Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Viscount Hinchinbroke &c. and The Right Honrable Charles Lord Halifax 1702 are affixed to all volumes. RARE!