EditorialIllustration from Plinius' Naturgeschichte by J. Heyden, plate 49 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1571-1572. Dimensions: 80 x 60 mm (image); 248 x 155 mm (i...
EditorialRecto: The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 14; Verso: Ptyolomy catching a Giant Serpent with a Net, from Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica III, 37, Jan van der Straet, call...
EditorialPliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, AD23-79. Steel engraving by Lizars from Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1843.
EditorialThe Villa Plinius of the Younger, on Lake Como, View of Villa Pliny of the Disciples on Lake Como, Plate 10, p. 79, Hess, Ludwig (pinx.), Meyer, Johann Heinrich (sc.), 1793, Johann Heinrich Meyer: Mahlerische Reise in die italienische Schweiz. Zurich: ...
EditorialIllustration from Plinius' Naturgeschichte by J. Heyden, plate 49 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Jost Amman (Swiss, 1539-1591); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1571-1572. Dimensions: 80 x 60 mm (image); 248 x 155 mm (i...
EditorialIlluminated page with the arms of Lorenzo de Medici, to whom the book belonged. Caii Plynii Secundi Naturlis Historiae Libri Tricesimiseptimi et Ultimi Finis. Nicolaum Jenson: Venice, 1472. Source: G.9382, page 1.
EditorialPliny the Elder (born Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23?79). Roman writer. "NATURALIS HISTORIA" (Natural History). Collection of legends and popular opinions including a good number of scientific news. Page of a incunible with polychromed Renaissance-Venet...