The Historie of the World; Commonly Called, the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus ...

by Pliny the Elder, Caius Plinius Secundus

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First edition

London: Adam Islip, 1601. First Edition. Folio. 2 vols. in 1. 60 , 614, 42 , 12 , 632, 86 . First edition in English of Pliny’s important encyclopedic work, which was, for centuries, considered the highest authority on subjects relating to the natural and physical world, including botany, zoology, geography, pharmacology, and more. Lowndes referred to this translation as a work of immense labour, and what few men

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