Greek epigrams contribute their share in plinys descriptions of pictures and statues. The present copy of historia naturalis was purchased by mr. Two beautiful incunables of pliny the elders naturalis historia 1483 offer encyclopedic knowledge of ancient herbal remedies. The eighth of twelve albums of watercolors of animals, birds and plants are known around 1600, commissioned by emperor rudolf ii. Naturalis historia naturalis historia, 1669 edition, title page. Nicholas basbanes called it the leading trade publication. Ehman 9780711745636 0711745633 garden days superslim calendar 2008 9781876843311 1876843314 social welfare in japan principles and applications, kojun furukawa. Rosenthals correspondence, taller than the lothian, bm, or morgan copies.
May 15, 2000 pw home bestsellers subscribe search news bookseller acquires bookman assetsginger curwen 51500 may 6 marked the end of an era in the antiquarian book world, as the assets of ab bookman. All are on display, alongside other important botanical works. Poole from new york bookseller bernard rosenthal in 1957, and replaced one bought earlier by mr. In its glory days between the early 1950s and the early 1990s, ab was the best marketplace for outofprint books in north america. Volume i of the natural history of gaius plinius secundus.
Archaeologia, historia, ethnographia, et linguarum scientia. Author pliny the elder country ancient rome subject natural history, ethnography, art, sculpture, mining, mineralogy genre encyclopaedia, popular science the natural history is a work by pliny the elder. The project gutenberg ebook of fine books by alfred w. Padmanabha menon 9781419677229 1419677225 through the mirror of time poetic thoughts and reflections of a southern piedmont woman, bili s. Johann, however, after printing two editions of ciceros epistulae ad familiares and plinys historia naturalis in 1469, was carried off by death while working on his fourth book, s. A bookman s treasury of collectors lore on old and rare childrens books. Full text of guide to the study and use of reference.
Pw home bestsellers subscribe search news bookseller acquires bookman assetsginger curwen 51500 may 6 marked the end of an era in the antiquarian book world, as the assets of ab bookman. Man and nature is the basic fundamental fact of history. Full text of guide to the study and use of reference books. See more ideas about 18th century, history and nature sketch.
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