Title
Plinius Secundus Nouocomensis equestribus militiis industriȩ functus, procurationes quoq[ue] splendidissimas atq[ue] continuas summa integritate administrauit ...
Title Variants
Uniform: Naturalis historia
By
Pliny, the Elder, 23 or 24-79
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Venice, Johannes de Spira, before 18 Sept. 1469
Notes
Title from incipit (p. [1]).
Imprint from Goff.
Colophon (in verse, p. [710]) reads: Quem modo tam rarum cupiens uix lector haber[et]: quisq[ue] etiam fractus pene legendus eram: restituit Venetis me nuper Spira Ioannes: exscripsitq[ue] libros ȩre notante meos. Fessa manus quondam moneo: calamusq[ue] quiescat. Nanq[ue] labor studio cessit: & ingenio. M.CCCC.LXVIIII.
Leaves printed on both sides; 50-52 lines per page.
Unsigned gatherings.
Final leaf (p. [711]-[712]) blank; lacking in Dibner Library copy.
Goff | P-786
Hain-Copinger-Reichling | 13087
Proctor | 4018
Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.), | 75
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts
,
Incunabula
,
Natural history
,
Pre-Linnean works
,
Rubrication
,
Specimens
Call Number
QH41 .P72 1469
Language
Latin
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166310
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/48031835
OCLC:
27995334
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