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.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1741
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3114244.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 1 ([28], 788, [2] p., [9] leaves of plates (1 folded)). 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 front cover); sewn onto six raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine 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