Caii Plinii Secundi Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Quos interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus e Societate Jesu, jussu Regis Christianissimi Ludovici Magni, in usum Serenissimi Delphini. Editio nova emendatior & auctior. Tomus primus[-secundus].
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1741
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3114244
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. in 3 : ill., map ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [either William Windham II (1717-1761) or William Windham III (1750-1810)]. Former Felbrigg shelfmark in pencil: L.7. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf (gouged on vol. 1 front cover); sewn onto six raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines with gilt title on brown leather label; red stained textblock edges; comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD), author Jean Hardouin (1646-1729), editor