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PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius (23-79 A.D.). Historie of the World, translated by Philemon Holland. London: A. Islip for G. B[ishop], 1601.
2 parts in one volume, 2º (330 x 220mm). Title within architectural border, separate title for part II, decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. (Without first and final blanks, occasional light marginal dampstaining, very occasional spotting, few marginal paper flaws.) 17th-century sprinkled calf, red edges (rebacked and recornered, some wear). Provenance: purchased by the Royal Institution in 1855 for 12s 9d.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, of the earliest complete English translation of the most important encyclopaedia of Antiquity, made by the learned physician Philemon Holland (1552-1637). The thirty-seven books forming Naturalis Historia provide an unsurpassed insight into the Roman and Greek understanding of astronomy, mathematics, geography, ethnography, anthropology, human physiology, zoology, botany, agriculture, horticulture, pharmacology, mining, mineralogy, sculpture, painting and gemology. Holland compiled a detailed table of contents and two indexes of subjects; he dedicated the work to Sir Robert Cecil. ESTC S94749; PMM 5; Pforzheimer 496; Norman 1719.
2 parts in one volume, 2º (330 x 220mm). Title within architectural border, separate title for part II, decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. (Without first and final blanks, occasional light marginal dampstaining, very occasional spotting, few marginal paper flaws.) 17th-century sprinkled calf, red edges (rebacked and recornered, some wear). Provenance: purchased by the Royal Institution in 1855 for 12s 9d.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, of the earliest complete English translation of the most important encyclopaedia of Antiquity, made by the learned physician Philemon Holland (1552-1637). The thirty-seven books forming Naturalis Historia provide an unsurpassed insight into the Roman and Greek understanding of astronomy, mathematics, geography, ethnography, anthropology, human physiology, zoology, botany, agriculture, horticulture, pharmacology, mining, mineralogy, sculpture, painting and gemology. Holland compiled a detailed table of contents and two indexes of subjects; he dedicated the work to Sir Robert Cecil. ESTC S94749; PMM 5; Pforzheimer 496; Norman 1719.
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