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C. Plinij Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij

Title: C. Plinij Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij / aptissimis figuris exculti ; ab Alexa[n]dro Benedicto Ve. physico emendatiores redditi.
Author: Pliny, the Elder.
Publication: Impressus Venetiis summa diligentia : Per Melchiorem Sessam, 1513, die XX Augusti.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KB+ 1513 (Pliny. C. Plinij. Secundi)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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[14], CCXIX, [1] leaves (the last leaf blank) : ill., 3 maps; 34 cm. (fol.)

Alternative Title

Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij.
C. Plinii Secundi Veronensis historiae naturalis libri xxxvii.
C. Plinij Secundi Ueronensis historiae naturalis Libri xxxvij.

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Note

"Liber XIII ... De gummi generibus & papyro ... De generibus chartarum & quomodo chartæ fiant & de chartarum probatione & uitiis & glutino earum ... De libris Numæ": leaves LXXVIII-LXXIX; ill., leaf LXXVI.
Imprint from colophon, which reads: Explicit. C. Plinius Secundus De naturali hystoria nunc primum diligentissime ab Alexandro Benedicto phisico recognitus, cunctisq[ue] erroribus expurgatus ...
Signatures: aa⁸ bb⁶ a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ Rx¹/f. register, following colophon).
Leaf A10, blank, wanting.
Title page printed in red and black.
Probably printed for Sessa by Agostino de Zanni (cf. STC).
Numerous errors in foliation.
Illustrations: 38 prints : woodcut ; image 21 x 9 cm. (1) and 8 x 9 cm. For detailed description, cf. Essling.
Melchior Sessa's devices on t.p. and last page: 2 prints : woodcut ; 8 x 6 and 4 x 4 cm. References: Zappella, G. Marche dei tipografi, figs. 595, 314; Vaccaro, E. Marche dei tipografi, p. 376; Kristeller, P. Italienische Buchdruckerzeichen, no. 295, 297. -- Historiated and floriated initials.

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Isaac
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600
Wellcome cat. of printed books
NLM 16th cent.
Sander
Essling
Proctor
Panzer

Call Number

Schlosser 624

OCLC

NYPG89-B16170

Author

Pliny, the Elder.

Title

C. Plinij Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij / aptissimis figuris exculti ; ab Alexa[n]dro Benedicto Ve. physico emendatiores redditi.

Imprint

Impressus Venetiis summa diligentia : Per Melchiorem Sessam, 1513, die XX Augusti.

Indexed In:

Isaac 13167

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 526

Wellcome cat. of printed books, 5114

NLM 16th cent., 3687

Sander 5760

Essling, I, p. 28

Proctor 13167

Panzer, VIII, 411, no. 611

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Provenance: Ex libris Ernesti Pagnoni Mediolanensis (bookplate, signed: SL 1912).

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Papyrus (Writing material) -- Early works to 1800.

Papyrus (Writing material) in art -- Early works to 1800.

Added Author

Drexel Collection.

Benedetti, Alessandro, approximately 1450-1512.

Added Title

Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij.

C. Plinii Secundi Veronensis historiae naturalis libri xxxvii.

C. Plinij Secundi Ueronensis historiae naturalis Libri xxxvij.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 624

Drexel 2612

*KB+ 1513 (Pliny. C. Plinij. Secundi)

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