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