Caii Plinii Secundii Veronensis Naturalis historiæ libri .xxxvij. . diligenti studio ex multorum obseruationibus auctorum in varietate lectionis. Emendatius q[uam] vnq[uam] antea in famigerabili Parhisiorum lyceo impressi & fidelius recogniti.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1516
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3053469
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],cclxii leaves ; fol. Imperfect: lacks first 17 leaves, including title; begins with Liber Primus, leaf [18]; pastedown inscribed: "No title". New endpapers bound in. Extensive marginal annotations in a sixteenth-century English hand. Provenance: Inscribed at the head of first leaf present: 'Edmundi Watsei liber ex dono Gilberti Bournei Noui Collgii Oxon' [i.e. Edmund Watts, and Gilbert Bourne (d. 1595)]. Eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: Seventeenth-century vellum over boards.
Makers and roles
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)