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...
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.
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...