Pliniius Secundus [Pliny]. Opus dilvinum, cvi titulvs Historia Naturalis, multo qua antehac vnqua prodijt in luce ...
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A Very Rare Edition of Pliny's Natural History
Pliniius Secundus [Pliny]. Opus dilvinum, cvi titulvs
Historia Naturalis, multo qua antehac vnqua prodijt in
luce castigatius, vna c annotationibus Hermolai Barbari, ac sincero
exemplari eruditor homin , ex quo nonnulla etia marginibus
adscripta sunt. Adiectus est ad maiorem bon indolis vtiliatem index
notis arithmeticis illustratus, nunc exactior multo atqz
locupletior quam antes, quo Plinius ipse politus citra lassitudinem
& intelligi queat & teneri. Paris: Veneunt Ioanne Petit, in via
Iacobea, sub Lilio Aureo, 1526. Very Rare Edition of Pliny's
Natural History with comments by the Italian
humanist Hermolao Barbaro (1454-1493) and thematic and geographic
indexes. Folio. Approximately 12.75 x 8 inches. a-M8, A6, B-H8,
I6, K4, a6, b-c8. [18], 536, [1], [188] pages (irregular page
numbering). Engraved title page (with some minor contemporary (or
near contemporary) coloring, decorated initials. Seventeenth
century prize binding of full calf, covers bordered by gilt fillets
and floral ornaments in the corners and a gilt supra libros in the
center, ribbed spine with gilt floral ornaments (the spine head-
and tail-caps restored, some restoration and repairs to lower edges
of binding), corners slightly rubbed. Some dampstains throughout,
to outer margins. Some underlining and contemporary notes in old
ink, to outer margins. K8 has a small tear, P1 has a print flaw and
small tear. Contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, old
signature (Renate Legogue) on title page. Remnants of wax seal on
front free endpaper, below inscription. Overall, a near fine copy
of this very scarce item. From the Krown & Spellman
Collection.Please visit HA.com/6127 for an extended description of this lot.
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VERY RARE EDITION of Pliny's Natural History with comments by the Italian humanist Hermolao Barbaro (1454-1493) and thematic and geographic indexes. Barbaro's Castigationes Plinianae published in Rome in 1492 (the discussion of Plny's Natural History), was considered by his contemporaries to be the most authoritative work on Pliny. Even before his death, he was considered a leading authority on the Greek and Latin works of antiquity. Erasmus frequently cited Barbaro's work, often with respect.
Provenance: Prize for excellence in rhetorics, granted in 1688 to Claude Olivier Marion by Renate Lagogue de Saint Croix, the former owner and principal of the college at Vitry ("gymnnasiarcha Vitriacensis"), (supra libros of the college, handwritten mention).
Graesse V-339. Not in Adams, nor STC French, nor Dibdin, nor in Brunet. Very scarce.
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