Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Naturalis historia.

Accession number
PML 127136-39
Creator
Pliny, the Elder.
Published
Venice : Heirs of Aldus and Andrea Torresani [Sons of Aldus], 1535-1540
Credit line
Julia P. Wightman,
Description
4 v. : ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding
Bound in contemporary morocco, presumably mid-16th-century French work, gilt-stamped azured arabesque on covers; with five-pointed star gilt-stamped in outline on spine panels; with remains of four leather ties, red edges.
Provenance
Louis Chaduc (1564-1638), signature in brown ink (title pages); Laville family, motto and signature "In manibus domini sortes meae. Laville" (title pages); Pellissier Defeligonde, signature (title pages) and armorial bookplate (front pastedowns). On the s
Classification
Century
Department