Shelfmark
Ff.8.09 - Ff.8.11
Author
Pliny the Elder.
Uniform title
[Naturalis historia]
Title
C. Plinij Secundi Historiæ mundi libri XXXVII. À Sigismundo Gelenio summa fide castigati, veterúmque tum excusorum tum manuscriptorum codicum attentissima collatone restituti. Accessere ad marginem variæ lectiones, ex Pintiani, Turnebi, LipsI, aliorumq[ue] doctissimorum qui pagina quarta indicantur scriptis fideliter excerptæ. Opus tributum in tomos tres cum indice rerum omnium copiosissimo. ...
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secundi Historiae mundi libri XXXVII
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secvndi Historiae mvndi libri XXXVII
Edition
Editio postrema.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Geneva] : Typis Iacobi Stoer, M.DCXVI. [1616].
Physical description
3 v. ([104], 648, [128]; 854, [6]; 544, [432] p.) ; 12 cm. (16mo)
Note
Title-pages of vols 2 and 3 read: "C. Plinij Secundi Historiæ mundi tomus secundus[-tertius], a Sigismundo Gelenio diligenter castigatus, ...".
Note
The second part of the index is bound in vol 1, in accordance with the instructions at the end of vol 3.
Note
Place of publication from BL catalogue.
Note
Woodcut medallion portrait of Pliny the Elder on title-pages.
Note
Title-page and quire A in vol 1 printed in red and black.
Note
In vol 1 the final leaf, in vol 2 the final 3 leaves, and in vol 3 the final 2 leaves are blanks.
Note
Printed sidenotes.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
17th-century English sprinkled brown calf; three blind fillets to form a border; spine decoration of two blind fillets; gold roll on board edges; red morocco spine-labels; three recessed sewing supports.
Copy-specific note
Lacking final blank leaf 3C8 in vol 1.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Fl.7.01-Fl.7.03, Ff.8.10-Ff.8.12.
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
Added entry--name
Gelen, Sigmund, 1497 - 1554 editor.
Added entry--name
Stoer, Jacques, 1540? - 1610 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
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Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
Identifier
B33102