THE HISTORIE OF THE WORLD, Commonly called the Natural History of C. Plinius Secondus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke.
by Pliny the Elder; Plinius Secundus Gaius; Philemon Holland
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Printed Adam Islip, London: ., 1634 Two Volumes. 614 + (42); 632 + (86) pp. Large printer's device on the title pages. First title page age stained and chipped at fore edge and detached. Large 4to sewn in sixes. 330 x 220 mm. Disbound. Pliny the Elder was born 23 CE, at Novum Comum, Transpadane Gaul [now in Italy]. He died August 24, 79, Stabiae, near Mount Vesuvius. He was a great Roman savant and famed author of this celebrated Natural History, an encyclopaedic work that was an authority on scientific matters up to the Middle Ages even though it is today known to be of uneven accuracy. The translator - Philemon Holland (1552-1637) was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is best known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's Britannia. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150. No Binding. Good.
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- THE HISTORIE OF THE WORLD, Commonly called the Natural History of C. Plinius Secondus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke.
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- Pliny the Elder; Plinius Secundus Gaius; Philemon Holland
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