B28410

Shelfmark

Fd.1.13

Author

Pliny

Uniform title

[Naturalis historia]

Title

C. Plinii Secundi Historiae mundi libri XXXVII. Opus omni quidem commendatione maius, sed nullis ad hunc dfiem editionibus, nulla cuiusquam singulari vel opera, vel industra, à mendis, quæ aut temporum iniquitate, aut superiorum ætatum negligentia, inter Latinos primæ scriptorem hactenus occuparunt, satis vnquam purgatum: nunc vero, quanta potuit expectari fide, cura, diligentia, ex vetustissimorum excusorum & complurium codicum manuscriptorum attentissima collatione, & auctoritate, sic detersum ac emaculatum, vt ad pristinam eius integritatem & splendorem attulisse nostra hæ editio post alias omnes adiumenta sanè maxima iudicari meritò possit.

Varying form of title

Added title page title: Historiae mundi libri XXXVII

Publication, distribution, etc.

Lugduni, :, apud Bartholomæum Honoratum, sub vase aureo.,, M. D. LXXXVII. [1587]

Physical description

[48], 901, [49], [170] p. ;, Fo.

Note

Title continues: Accessere ad varias lectiones, quas multiplices in marginum spaciis tibi religiosissimè indicamus, & repræsentamus, castigationes & adnotationes eruditissimæ, quibus infinita Plinij loca cum Græcis & Latinis scriptoribus, illis præsertim, vnde pleraque omnia sua ille sumpsit, summa cum vtilitate conferuntur. Vnà cum indice totius operis copiosissimo, additamentis rursus non poenitendis aucto, locisque propemodum innumeris, quæ cum auctoris sensu non bene congruebant, accuratissimè correcto, & restituto. Omnia quidem multorum antehac doctorum hominum, nouissimè verò laboriosis obseruationibus conquisita, & solerti iudicio pensitata, Iacobi Dalecampii, medici, Cadomensis.

Note

Each chapter of text is followed by a group of "annotationes". The "Castigationes" by Gelen ([48] p.) are reprinted with their author's dedication dated 1535.

Note

Title-page printed in red and black.

Note

Includes index with its own title-page, dated 1586.

Note

Both t.p. have woodcut printer's device showing a handled vase, and the legend "Poco a poco", of two different designs.

Note

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials, printed marginalia.

Note

Main text in a single column; footnotes in double columns.

Citation/references note

Adams,, P1582

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Eton College.

Binding

Contemporary English light brown calf; blind tooled concentric frames of decorative rolls (outer frame, Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Books, 839; inner frame, Oldham EBSB, 942); silver tooled centrepiece of Eton College arms; remains of bookclasps and chain; wooden boards; blind tooled double fillet on spine; brown morocco spine label with gold tooled letters and triple fillet; later patches of brown calf at head and tail of spine; six raised bands.

Copy-specific note

Previous shelfmarks: Cg.1.1 and Ef.2.10.

Subject

Pliny

Subject

Natural history, Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Dalechamps, Jacques

Added entry--name

Gelen, Sigmund

Added entry--name

Honorat, Barthélemy

Added entry--place

France, Lyon

001B28410

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aFd.1.13

1001#$aPliny

24011$aNaturalis historia

24510$aC. Plinii Secundi Historiae mundi libri XXXVII. Opus omni quidem commendatione maius, sed nullis ad hunc dfiem editionibus, nulla cuiusquam singulari vel opera, vel industra, à mendis, quæ aut temporum iniquitate, aut superiorum ætatum negligentia, inter Latinos primæ scriptorem hactenus occuparunt, satis vnquam purgatum: nunc vero, quanta potuit expectari fide, cura, diligentia, ex vetustissimorum excusorum & complurium codicum manuscriptorum attentissima collatione, & auctoritate, sic detersum ac emaculatum, vt ad pristinam eius integritatem & splendorem attulisse nostra hæ editio post alias omnes adiumenta sanè maxima iudicari meritò possit.

24635$aHistoriae mundi libri XXXVII

260##$aLugduni, :$bapud Bartholomæum Honoratum, sub vase aureo.,$cM. D. LXXXVII. [1587]

300##$a[48], 901, [49], [170] p. ;$cFo.

500##$aTitle continues: Accessere ad varias lectiones, quas multiplices in marginum spaciis tibi religiosissimè indicamus, & repræsentamus, castigationes & adnotationes eruditissimæ, quibus infinita Plinij loca cum Græcis & Latinis scriptoribus, illis præsertim, vnde pleraque omnia sua ille sumpsit, summa cum vtilitate conferuntur. Vnà cum indice totius operis copiosissimo, additamentis rursus non poenitendis aucto, locisque propemodum innumeris, quæ cum auctoris sensu non bene congruebant, accuratissimè correcto, & restituto. Omnia quidem multorum antehac doctorum hominum, nouissimè verò laboriosis obseruationibus conquisita, & solerti iudicio pensitata, Iacobi Dalecampii, medici, Cadomensis.

500##$aEach chapter of text is followed by a group of "annotationes". The "Castigationes" by Gelen ([48] p.) are reprinted with their author's dedication dated 1535.

500##$aTitle-page printed in red and black.

500##$aIncludes index with its own title-page, dated 1586.

500##$aBoth t.p. have woodcut printer's device showing a handled vase, and the legend "Poco a poco", of two different designs.

500##$aWoodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials, printed marginalia.

500##$aMain text in a single column; footnotes in double columns.

5104#$aAdams,$cP1582

561##$aArmorial bookplate of Eton College.

563##$aContemporary English light brown calf; blind tooled concentric frames of decorative rolls (outer frame, Oldham, English Blind-Stamped Books, 839; inner frame, Oldham EBSB, 942); silver tooled centrepiece of Eton College arms; remains of bookclasps and chain; wooden boards; blind tooled double fillet on spine; brown morocco spine label with gold tooled letters and triple fillet; later patches of brown calf at head and tail of spine; six raised bands.

590##$aPrevious shelfmarks: Cg.1.1 and Ef.2.10.

60000$aPliny

650#0$aNatural history$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aDalechamps, Jacques

7001#$aGelen, Sigmund

7001#$aHonorat, Barthélemy

752##$aFrance$dLyon