B33138
Language code
lat
Shelfmark
Ff.8.12
Author
Pliny, the Younger.
Collective uniform title
Works., 1526
Title
C. Plinij Secundi Nouocomensis, Epistolarum libri X. Panegyricus Traiano principi dictus. De uiris illustribus in re militari, & in administranda Rep. Item Suetonij Tranquilli De claris grammaticis & rhetoribus, Iulij obsequentis prodigiorum liber. Indices duo, quoru[m] altero nomina referuntur eorum, ad quos Plinius scribit: altero quicquid memoratu dignum toto opere continentur. Latina interpretatio dictionum & sententiaru[m] Græcarum, quibus Plinius utitur.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Epistolarum libri X
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secundi Novocomensis Epistolarum libri X
Varying form of title
C. Plinii Secvndi Novocomensis, Epistolarum libri X
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ, :, Per Andream Cratandrum,, Anno M.D.XXVI. [1526]
Physical description
[24], 551, [41] p. ;, 16 cm.
Note
Printer's name from colophon: Ex inclyta Germaniae Basilea, per Andream Cratandrum, mense Martio, anno M.D.XXVI.
Note
Signatures: [alpha]⁸ a⁴ b-z⁸ A-P⁸.
Note
With an errata on P7r.
Note
Printed in italic type; woodcut initials; woodcut device on verso of last leaf.
Citation/references note
Panzer,, VI, 255, 629
Citation/references note
Adams,, P1541
Citation/references note
BM STC German, 1455-1600,, p. 704
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on title-page "Gylbert Haruey" [i.e. Gilbert Harvey].
Provenance
Ornate ms. initials R.H. at foot of title-page.
Provenance
Ms. fore-edge inscription "Robert ?Bolt"; the surname crossed out.
Provenance
Ms. fore-edge inscription "?Clarke", possibly Robert Clarke?
Binding
Contemporary English brown calf; upper cover with blind-stamped panel with a Tudor rose between scrolls, supported by angels, bearing the legend "Hec rosa virtutis de celo missa sereno/Eternu[m] florens regia sceptra foret", in the upper corners the sun and moon, at the foot a pomegranate (see Oldham, Blind stamped panels (1958), RO 21); lower cover with blind-stamped panel with an escutcheon bearing 1 and 4 France, 2 and 3 England, ensigned with a crown, supporters a dragon and a greyhound, in the upper corners the sun and moon and escutcheons with the Arms of St George and the City of London (see Oldham, op. cit., HE 26); borders and spine decoration of blind fillets; three raised bands; traces of clasps; later red morocco spine-label; ms. fore-edge title "Epis Plinij".
Copy-specific note
Some ms. marginalia and marks of emphasis, in more than one hand.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription at head of title: "Hic Plinij [...?]".
Copy-specific note
Previously: Fl.7.05, Ff.8.13.
Subject
Trajan, Emperor of Rome
Subject
Letters, Early works to 1800.
Subject
Initials., rbprov
Subject
Armorial bindings., rbbin
Added entry--name
Cratander, Andreas, printer.
Added entry--name
Suetonius, De grammaticis et rhetoribus.
Added entry--name
Obsequens, Julius, Prodigiorum liber.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, former owner.
Added entry--title
De viris illustribus urbis Romae.
Added entry--place
Switzerland, Basel.
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