C. Plinii secundi Historiarum naturae libri XXXVII, . post omnes omnium editions, ipsmque adeo Frobenianam posteriorem, quae tamen omnium optima sine ulla dubitatione fuit, plurimis in locis feliciter nunc tandem restituti auxilio ueterum codicum, & hominum doctorum diligentia. His accessit copiosissimus & perinde fidelissimus rerum omnium, quae in hoc opera continentur, index.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1532
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3027916
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36],671, [1]; [188] p. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: B.12.2. Some worming. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 334 "Plinii Hist nat", price 1s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 628.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457. Occasional manuscriptmarginal notes in sixteenth-century hand.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) Johannes Camers (1447 - 1546) Pierre Danès (Paris 1497 - Paris 1577)