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PLINE, Histoire naturelle de Pline, 1771-1782
PLINE.
Histoire naturelle de Pline. Traduite en françois, avec le texte latin rétabli d'après les meilleures leçons manuscrites.
Paris, Desaint, 1771.
Twelve volumes 4to (252x194 mm), (4)-xxviii-280-418-(2) pages / (4)-881-(3) pages / (4)-vii-763-(1) pages / (4)-612 pages / (4)-648 pages / (4)-592 pages / (4)-699-(1) pages / (4)-601-(2) pages / (4)-777-(1) pages / (4)-667-(1) pages / (4)-600 pages / (4)-710-(2) pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, spine in six compartments. Binding slightly rubbed.
New translation by Louis Poinsinet de Sivry (1733-1804).
"Pliny's Natural History is the Encyclopedia of the Ancients. It can be considered as the repository of all physical, astronomical, geographic, etc. knowledge of Antiquity; as the picture of all human industry or the arts, from the earliest times to the first century of our Era." (excerpt from the preface)
Beautiful complete set in period binding.
references: Brunet [IV, 717].
provenance: Boolplate from the Saint-Symphorien castle's library.
Price : 1200 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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