Wellcome Collection
Figures representing the investigation of nature; in the background, Pliny the elder being killed while investigating Vesuvius during its eruption. Engraving by I. Wangner after Eichler.
Eichler
Lettering: Physica. Plinius naturae interpres et indagator fuit solertissimus, diutius victurus, nisi curiosus nimis in naturae penetrare cupivisset. Nam Vesuvium exploraturus periit. Die Natur Erforschung. Plinius sucht zu ergrunden, muss dadurch seine Leben enden. Eichler del. I. Wangner sc. Hertel excud.
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