03318cam a2200529Ia 4500 caiiplyniisecund00plin CaSfIA 20240612210055.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 140714s1472 it o 000 0 lat d (OCoLC)1041669672 QCL eng dcrmb QCL OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ CaSfIA Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia Caii Plynii secundi naturalis historiae liber I Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae liber I. Opening of text on [a2] recto: Caius Plynius Marco suo salutem [Venice : Nicolaus Jenson, 1472] 1 online resource ([358] leaves) Title from incipit of preface at head of [a4] recto. Imprint details from colophon on [O9] recto: impressi Venetiis per Nicolaum Ienson Gallicum .M.CCCC.LXXII. With table of contents: [a5] recto-[b8] verso. Edited by Giovanni Andrea Bussi -- see letter addressed to Paulus II, Pont. Max. ([O9] recto-[O10] recto). Signatures: [a℗£℗ø b́ı c-h℗£℗ʻ i℗£℗ø k-p℗£℗ʻ q́ı r-z℗£℗ʻ A-D℗£℗ʻ Éœ F-G℗£℗ʻ H-Ḿı N℗£℗ʻ O℗£℗ø]. Gatherings unsigned. Leaves [a1], [O11], and [O12] are blank. Royal folio (leaf dimensions: 41 x 28 cm); initial spaces, most with guide letters. Incunabula short title catallogue, ip00788000 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P788 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, p. 172 Cataloged 20170120 jmoschella Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in modern vellum. The spine is ruled and stamped in gilt. Leaves [a1] and [O12] (both blank) are wanting. Present at the head of [a2] recto is the autograph of "Michaelis d'Asquier", here conjectured to be Michel D'Asquier (1598-1664). Also present at the head of [a2] is an early, struck-out inscription reading, "No 33". The initial on [a4] is illuminated, with a border of flourishes in blue ink. Twelve- and thirteen-line initials are rubricated throughout in blue ink with red flourishes or red ink with purple flourishes. Two-line initials are alternatingly rubricated in red or blue ink. Leaves are numbered in pencil and in early ink in the upper right margin. Early marginalia is present on several leaves. Acquired by the BPL in 1953. Natural history Pre-Linnean works Early works to 1800. Marginalia (Provenance) rbprov MB Manicules (Provenance) rbprov MB Autographs (Provenance) rbprov MB Inscriptions (Provenance) rbprov MB Illuminations. gmgpc MB Incunabula. Jenson, Nicolas, approximately 1420-1480, printer. Bussi, Giovanni Andrea, 1417-1475, editor. D'Asquier, Michel, former owner. MB Incunabula (Collection of Distinction) MB Italy Venice. BPL - Special Collections Nonfiction - In Library Use Only Q.401.25 FOLIO RARE BKS 9 39999085849113 In Book 1 False 0 https://archive.org/details/caiiplyniisecund00plin Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26221342M Additional information and access via Open Library caiiplyniisecund00plin ark:/13960/t9z087n69