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Historia naturale, di C. Plinio Secondo ; tradocta di lingua latina in fiorentina per Christophoro Landino fiorentino al serenissimo Fernando Re di Napoli

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Italian translation of Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia, the greatest encyclopedia of knowledge of the natural world in the classical era.
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ita
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[830] pages
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  • First edition in a vernacular language
  • Imprint from colophon, in which place of printing follows date of imprint
  • Signatures (all unsigned): [a-x10 y-z8 A-C8 D-N10 O10(-O10) P10 Q8 R-S10 T8 V10]
  • First and last leaves, [a1] and [V10], are blank
  • Text printed in roman type, 50 lines per page; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
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Historia naturale
Title
Historia naturale
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di C. Plinio Secondo ; tradocta di lingua latina in fiorentina per Christophoro Landino fiorentino al serenissimo Fernando Re di Napoli
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Historia natvrale
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Italian translation of Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia, the greatest encyclopedia of knowledge of the natural world in the classical era.
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  • P-801
  • V:176 (IC-19694)
  • 13105*
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  • Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
  • Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum
  • Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Summary expansion
Arranged in 37 books, the Historia covers many fields, including mathematics, physics, geography, astronomy, medicine, physiology, zoology, botany, and geology
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Historia naturale, di C. Plinio Secondo ; tradocta di lingua latina in fiorentina per Christophoro Landino fiorentino al serenissimo Fernando Re di Napoli
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Publication
Note
  • First edition in a vernacular language
  • Imprint from colophon, in which place of printing follows date of imprint
  • Signatures (all unsigned): [a-x10 y-z8 A-C8 D-N10 O10(-O10) P10 Q8 R-S10 T8 V10]
  • First and last leaves, [a1] and [V10], are blank
  • Text printed in roman type, 50 lines per page; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
Dimensions
37 cm (folio)
Extent
[830] pages
Note
Spec. Coll. Belt copy: imperfect, first and last blank leaves wanting; leaves [s5-6] and [K5-6], supplied in facsimile. Large initial E supplied in gray ink at beginning of text on recto of leaf [c2]. Bound in contemporary vellum over paper boards; newer [?] gold-stamped brown leather spine label with title "Plinio. Historia naturale. Ven. 1476." Marginal manuscript annotations in a humanistic cursive script in a single hand throughout. Small unidentified round blue inkstamp on leaf [2]; bookplate of H.M. Brower on front pastedown. Forms part of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, gift of Dr. Elmer Belt, 1961.
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  • (OCoLC)02011639
  • ucoclc2011639
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Historia naturale, di C. Plinio Secondo ; tradocta di lingua latina in fiorentina per Christophoro Landino fiorentino al serenissimo Fernando Re di Napoli
Publication
Note
  • First edition in a vernacular language
  • Imprint from colophon, in which place of printing follows date of imprint
  • Signatures (all unsigned): [a-x10 y-z8 A-C8 D-N10 O10(-O10) P10 Q8 R-S10 T8 V10]
  • First and last leaves, [a1] and [V10], are blank
  • Text printed in roman type, 50 lines per page; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters
Dimensions
37 cm (folio)
Extent
[830] pages
Note
Spec. Coll. Belt copy: imperfect, first and last blank leaves wanting; leaves [s5-6] and [K5-6], supplied in facsimile. Large initial E supplied in gray ink at beginning of text on recto of leaf [c2]. Bound in contemporary vellum over paper boards; newer [?] gold-stamped brown leather spine label with title "Plinio. Historia naturale. Ven. 1476." Marginal manuscript annotations in a humanistic cursive script in a single hand throughout. Small unidentified round blue inkstamp on leaf [2]; bookplate of H.M. Brower on front pastedown. Forms part of the Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana, gift of Dr. Elmer Belt, 1961.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)02011639
  • ucoclc2011639

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