Shelfmark
Ff.8.12
Author
Pliny, the Younger.
Collective uniform title
Works. 1526
Title
C. Plinij Secundi Nouocomensis, Epistolarum libri X. Panegyricus Traiano principi dictus. De uiris illustribus in re militari, & in administranda Rep. Item Suetonij Tranquilli De claris grammaticis & rhetoribus, Iulij obsequentis prodigiorum liber. Indices duo, quoru[m] altero nomina referuntur eorum, ad quos Plinius scribit: altero quicquid memoratu dignum toto opere continentur. Latina interpretatio dictionum & sententiaru[m] Græcarum, quibus Plinius utitur.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epistolarum libri X
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secundi Novocomensis Epistolarum libri X
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secvndi Novocomensis, Epistolarum libri X
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ, : Per Andream Cratandrum, Anno M.D.XXVI. [1526]
Physical description
[24], 551, [41] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Printer's name from colophon: Ex inclyta Germaniae Basilea, per Andream Cratandrum, mense Martio, anno M.D.XXVI.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ a⁴ b-z⁸ A-P⁸.
Note
With an errata on P7r.
Note
Printed in italic type; woodcut initials; woodcut device on verso of last leaf.
Citation/references note
Panzer, VI, 255, 629
Citation/references note
Adams, P1541
Citation/references note
BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 704
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page "Gylbert Haruey" [i.e. Gilbert Harvey].
Provenance
Ornate ms. initials R.H. at foot of title-page.
Provenance
Ms. fore-edge inscription "Robert ?Bolt"; the surname crossed out.
Provenance
Ms. fore-edge inscription "?Clarke", possibly Robert Clarke?
Binding
Contemporary English brown calf; upper cover with blind-stamped panel with a Tudor rose between scrolls, supported by angels, bearing the legend "Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno/Eternu[m] florens regia sceptra foret", in the upper corners the sun and moon, at the foot a pomegranate (see Oldham, Blind stamped panels (1958), RO 21); lower cover with blind-stamped panel with an escutcheon bearing 1 and 4 France, 2 and 3 England, ensigned with a crown, supporters a dragon and a greyhound, in the upper corners the sun and moon and escutcheons with the Arms of St George and the City of London (see Oldham, op. cit., HE 26); borders and spine decoration of blind fillets; three raised bands; traces of clasps; later red morocco spine-label; ms. fore-edge title "Epis Plinij".
Copy-specific note
Some ms. marginalia and marks of emphasis, in more than one hand.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription at head of title: "Hic Plinij [...?]".
Copy-specific note
Previously: Fl.7.05, Ff.8.13.
Subject
Trajan, 53 - 117 Emperor of Rome
Subject
Letters Early works to 1800.
Subject
Initials. rbprov
Subject
Armorial bindings. rbbin
Added entry--name
Cratander, Andreas, ? - d. 1540? printer.
Added entry--name
Suetonius, ca. 69 - ca. 122 De grammaticis et rhetoribus.
Added entry--name
Obsequens, Julius. Prodigiorum liber.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--title
De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B33138