100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)

Beschreibung
Amazon just released their "100 books to read in a lifetime." The oldest of which was published in 1813. That's a crying shame. Let's compile and vote on a list of the rest.
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Die Reise nach Surinam 1699
von Maria Sibylla Merian
130 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 4.6
Globaler Rang 232
3 Members
Helcura, hvanloon, PyrrhicVctry
3
Diederichs Gelbe Reihe, Bd.18, Das Buch des Rates
von Quiché Maya
1,912 Mitglieder
28 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 250
4 Members
karenb, Helcura, southernbooklady, PyrrhicVctry,
5
The Journals of Lewis and Clark {abridged, 1953}
von Meriwether Lewis
1,197 Mitglieder
8 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 139
11 Members
Helcura, smcwl, southernbooklady, WMGOATGRUFF, BlueSkies305, dontcallmeleslie, writeslikeagirl, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd, JohnMB,
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On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
von Nicolaus Copernicus
445 Mitglieder
7 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Globaler Rang 108
16 Members
timspalding, benjfrank, Helcura, smcwl, xenophon, southernbooklady, MusicalKnitter, madpoet, Betelgeuse, PietWester, dontcallmeleslie, al.vick, stunes, WriterWarrior, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd,Edward ,lorax
Erklärungen
lorax : I really don't think everyone needs to read a book that's been called "the book nobody read" (see http://www.librarything.com/work/16335 ). I have a PhD in astronomy and even I never read this; it's important to know about it, and why it was important, but actually reading it? Reading the old, old primary sources isn't important in science the way it is in history.
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Natural History: A Selection
von Pliny the Elder
357 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 165
8 Members
timspalding, Helcura, MusicalKnitter, WMGOATGRUFF, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd
8
Der Briefwechsel mit Heloisa
von Peter Abelard
2,366 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 144
9 Members
Helcura, southernbooklady, WMGOATGRUFF, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, ahef1963, Bookkat33, Dr.Vickie, PyrrhicVctry