'New' Oldest book in my collection on Fish.

[Greenspot]

And of the ammonite? What would it be valued at?

 

[Greenspot]

How much would it weigh!!!

 

[Oddball]

I have no idea of it's current value. For insurance purposes, it was valued at $50K back in 1979. That's about $25 per pound since it weighs roughly a ton.

 

[CarpCharacin]

it is on archive.org https://archive.org/details/oppianshalieuti00jonegoog

 

[Hendre]

Amazing. My biggest ammonite is 3" across and smallest is 4mm

 

[Botiadancer]

There is an English translation??? And to think of the time I wasted trying to read it in Greek...
Just kidding - I like my little fish library, close to a 100 books... but nothing even remotely as fabulous as that.
Hot tip: You can use special acid free gloves when you wish to read your book - most museum/library supply places sell them. Honestly though, most paper that old is of such superior quality to today's paper I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not saying pass it around the fish club meeting after the fried chicken, but books are made to be read.
1722... Benjamin Franklin was 12 years old and Carl Linnaeus hadn't written Systema Naturae yet. WOW! Nice book!