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Title

[Naturalis historia]

Title Variants

Alternative: Caii Plynii secvndi Natvralis historiae liber I

Alternative: Caij Plynij secundi Naturalis historiae liber I

Alternative: Caius Plynius Marco suo salutem

Alternative: Caivs Plynivs Marco svo salvtem

Uniform: Naturalis historia

By

Pliny, the Elder, 23 or 24-79 , author

Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475 , editor
Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480 , printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Impressi Venetiis, Per Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum, MCCCCLXXII [1472]

Notes

Title from Incunabula short title catalogue.

Edited by Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria.

Imprint from colophon.

Incipit, leaf [2] recto: Caius Plynius Marco suo salutem.

Incipit, leaf [3] recto: Caij Plynij secundi Naturalis historiae liber I.

Colophon, leaf [355] recto: Caij Plynij secundi Naturalis historiae libri tricesimiseptimi et vltimi finis. Impressi Venetiis per Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum M. CCCC. LXXII. Nicolao Trono inclyto Venetiarum duce.

Colophon, leaf [356] recto: Hereneus Lugdunensis episcopus, item Iustinus ex philosopho martyr, item cum diuo Hieronymo Eusebius Caesariensis, serio posteritatem adiurarunt, ut eorum descripturi opera conferrent diligenter exemplaria, & sollerti studio emendarent. Idem ego tum in caeteris libris omnibus tum maxime i[n] Plynio ut fiat, uehementer obsecro, obbtestor, atq[ue] adiuro, ne ad priora menda, & tenebras i[n]extricabiles tanti sudoris opus relabat[ur]. Instauratu[m] aliqua[m]tulu[m] sub Romano po[n]tifice maximo Paulo Secu[n]do Ueneto.

Signatures: [1¹⁰ 2⁸ 3-8¹⁰ 9¹² 10-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-27¹⁰ 28⁶ 29-30¹⁰ 31-35⁸ 36¹⁰ 37¹²]; unsigned.

50 lines; type, 115R (from Catalog ... British Museum); capital spaces most with guide letters.

First and last 2 leaves blank.

Incunabula short title catalogue, | entry ip00788000 | https://data.cerl.org/istc/ip00788000

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, | entry M34326

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, | V, page 172

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, | entry *13089

Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, | entry 4087

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, | entry P-788

Klebs, A.C. Incunabula scientifica et medica, | entry 786.3

Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, | entry P-360

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog, | entry P-601

Material evidence in incunabula, | 02128782 | https://data.cerl.org/mei/02128782

Subjects

1472 , annotations , Classical geography , Early works , Geography, Ancient , Half-bindings , Incunabula , Italy , Natural history , Pre-Linnean works , Venice

Call Number

Incun.1472 .P72

Classification

093

Language

Latin

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/ca18000704

 

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