Historia naturale di G. Plinio Secondo, . tradotta per M. Lodovico Domenichi; ...
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1562
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126557
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],68,1188p. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Bound in 2 vols.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot Earl of Lisburne, with manuscript shelfmark added on paper slip. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. Slip of eighteenth-century notes tipped in to v.1, probably for binder: 'Nat: Hist: di Plinio. Mr Bauer [?] in two Parts.' Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets; spine gilt; brown leather spine label with title 'Nat. Hist: di Plinio'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)