Accession number
PML 297
Creator
Pliny, the Elder.
Object title
Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae.
Published
Impressi Venetiis : per Nicolaum Jenson gallicum, .MCCCC.LXXII [1472].
Description
[358] leaves ; 44.5 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Title from caption, leaf [1]/4r: Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae liber .i.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [37]/9r: Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae libri tricesimiseptimi et vltimi finis impressi Venetiis per Nicolavm Ienson gallicvm. .M.CCCC.LXXII. Nicolao Trono inclyto Venetiarvm dvce.
Printed in Jenson's type 1:115R.
Collation: [1¹² 2⁸ 3-8¹⁰ 9¹² 10-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-27¹⁰ 28⁶ 29-30¹⁰ 31-35⁸ 36¹⁰ 37¹²]: 358 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 blank. Variant collation in GW (Berlin copy): [a-b¹⁰ c-h⁸/¹² i¹⁰ k-p¹²/⁸ q¹⁰ r-z⁸/¹²; A-C⁸/¹² D-F⁸ G¹² H-L⁶/¹⁰ M⁶ N¹² O¹⁰]: 356 leaves.
Paper format: Super-royal folio.
Edited by Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 43 x 29 cm.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 (blanks).
Imprint from colophon, leaf [37]/9r: Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae libri tricesimiseptimi et vltimi finis impressi Venetiis per Nicolavm Ienson gallicvm. .M.CCCC.LXXII. Nicolao Trono inclyto Venetiarvm dvce.
Printed in Jenson's type 1:115R.
Collation: [1¹² 2⁸ 3-8¹⁰ 9¹² 10-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-27¹⁰ 28⁶ 29-30¹⁰ 31-35⁸ 36¹⁰ 37¹²]: 358 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 blank. Variant collation in GW (Berlin copy): [a-b¹⁰ c-h⁸/¹² i¹⁰ k-p¹²/⁸ q¹⁰ r-z⁸/¹²; A-C⁸/¹² D-F⁸ G¹² H-L⁶/¹⁰ M⁶ N¹² O¹⁰]: 356 leaves.
Paper format: Super-royal folio.
Edited by Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 43 x 29 cm.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 (blanks).
Binding
20th-century blind-fileted full brown goatskin over heavy paper boards (44 x 31 cm), sewn on 5 supports by Deborah Evetts, 1972. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; plain, stuck-on endbands; gilt edges.
Variant title
Caii Plynii secundi naturalis historiae
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Contemporary northern Italian or Austria rubrication, alternating red and blue initials, with red paragraph marks, and Roman numeral headlines; primary initials in red, blue, and green with foliate decoration and marginal vine tendril/filigree decoration. Annotations: Contemporary manuscript numeral quire signatures (top-center) and alpha-numeric sigantures (bottom-right), both sets are mainly trimmed/faded.
Provenance
Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford (1806-1864), armorial booklabel (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding), entire library purchased in 1878 by: James Toovey (1814-1893), through inheritance to his son: Charles J. Toovey (1848-1925), Burnham Abbey booklabel (front pastedown, preserved from previous binding), entire library purchased by: Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
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