Fe.4.02
Pliny the Elder.
[Naturalis historia. 1516]
Caii Plynii Secundi Naturalis histori[ae] libri. xxxvij / nuper studiose recogniti, at[que] impressi adiectis varijs Antonij Sabellici, Raphaelis Volaterrani, Beroaldi, Erasmi, Budei, Longolij adnotationibus, quibus mundi historia locis pl[ae]ris[que] vel restituitur, vel illustratur.
Portion of title: Naturalis historiae libri
Other title: Caii Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae libri xxxvii
V[ae]nunt Luteci[ae] : In via Iacob[ae]a sub signo ensis. Et in ædibus Reginaldi Chalderij sub signo sylvestris hominis., M.D.XVI.XVI. Calendas Decemb. [1516]
[18], CCLXXIIII [i.e. 275] leaves ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Leaf CCLXXV misnumbered "CCLXXIIII".
Final leaf N6 blank.
Woodcut initials.
Title-page with woodcut printer's device of Regnault Chaudière.
Imprint date from colophon which reads: Impressa est Lutetiæ h[ae]c Mundi historia ex diligentissima recognitione, impensis Beraldi, & Reginaldi Chalderij, in quorum ædibus vænales sunt libri. Anno a partu Christi, par[ae] viriginis. M.D.XVI.XVI. Calendas Decemb.
Moreau, Inventaire chronologique des éditions parisiennes du XVIe siècle, 1457
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Ms. ownership inscriptions on title-page and final verso: "Sum Georgii Blaggi" [i.e. Blagge?] within tabula ansata.
16th-century dark brown calf blind-tooled roll binding; wooden boards; four double sewing supports; later olive morocco spine-label with gilt spine-title "Plinii Histor Natura"; traces of clasps.
Early ms. marginal annotations throughout; extensive ms. annotations on recto and verso of final blank leaf.
Previously: Fe.1.06.
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Béraud, Nicolas, 1473 - 1550 publisher.
Chaudière, Regnault, active 1509 - 1554 publisher.
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
France Paris.
lat
B32160