Auction 161

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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Saturday, 24 October 2026

Lose 1 - 1706

Lot 14 Plinius Secundus. Naturalis historiae. Tomus …

Naturalis historiae. Tomus primus/secundus. 2 Bde. (von 3). Cum commentariis 6 adnotationibus Hermolai Barbari, Pintiani, Rhenani, Gelenii, Dalechampii, Scaligeri, Salmasii, Is. Vossii & variorum ... Mit 2 gestoch. Titel. Leyden u. Rotterdamm, Hack, 1669. 8 Bll., 80, 838 S., 67 Bll., 917 S., 43 Bll. Ldrbde. d. Zt. mit reicher RVergoldung und RSchildern beschabt, Rücken an den Kapitalen mit kleinen Fehlstellen).

Naturgeschichte

Alte Drucke, Bibeln, Klassische Autoren in den Originalsprachen – Ebert II, 17292 "Sauber und correct, und eine der seltnern Ausgaben der Suite cum notis varior." - Wichtige Edition mit Randglossen, textkritischen Vergleichen aus verschiedenen Manuskripten (variae Lectiones) und Kommentaren der einflussreichsten europäischen Humanisten und Philologen der Renaissance. Inhaltlich behandelt das Werk in siebenunddreißig Büchern die gesamte damals bekannte Natur- und Kulturgeschichte, von Kosmologie, Geographie und Anthropologie über Zoologie, Botanik und Medizin bis zu Mineralogie, Metallurgie und Kunstgeschichte, und bleibt bis heute eine zentrale Quelle für Wissenschafts- und Antikenforschung. - Etwas fleckig, handschr. Exlibris auf Drucktitel.

Prints before 1600, Bibles, Classics in Original Languages – Humanism. - Important edition with marginal glosses, textual-critical comparisons drawn from various manuscripts (variae lectiones), and commentaries by the most influential European humanists and philologists of the Renaissance. In terms of content, the work treats, across thirty-seven books, the entire natural and cultural history known at the time, ranging from cosmology, geography, and anthropology to zoology, botany, and medicine, and on to mineralogy, metallurgy, and art history, remaining to this day a central source for the study of science and antiquity. Somewhat foxed, with a handwritten ex-libris on the printed title page.

Startprice: 200 €
Estimate: 300 €

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