Caii Plynii Secundi vero nensis naturalis Hystoriae. Libri xxxvii. diligenti admodum labore peruigiliq[ue] cura Nuper nec antea in alma Parrhisiorum academia emendatiores Impressi atq[ue] recogniti.

Accession number

PML 125275

Creator

Pliny, the Elder.

Published

Paris : Qui in edibus Ioannis Frellon ..., 1511.

Credit line

Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.

Notes

Edited by Nicolaus Maillard.
Colophon: Fracifci regnault ac Ioannis frelon Impendio in inclyta luteciæ Parrhisioru academia føliciter sut ipressa. Anno a nostre salutisredeptioe. M.D.XI.XIII.KA. Ianuarias.

Description

[20], 250 [i.e. 262] leaves ; 28 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

"Ex libris m[e]is empt[us] 1s" and "emptus 17 β" price inscriptions inside upper cover; "[?] maria" inscription inside upper cover, additional inscription unidentified. "Vale[n]tius cu[r?]io" inscription on verso of fo. cclviii.

Provenance

"Ex libris Si[cu?]dierii et Cami[?]nii emptus 17 β" inscription inside upper cover. "Beauenet" inscription on first flyleaf. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cent. France).

Binding

Contemporary blind-tooled goatskin over wooden boards; printed and manuscript waste visible at spine and inside upper cover; two clasps on lower board and associated alum-tawed straps on upper board; evidence of paper spine label; sewing structure visible.

Classification

Book

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