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PLINIUS Secundus, Caius

Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae prima (-tertia) pars [and] Index [...]
Venice
Aldine Press (Paulus Manutius) / [Nicolini da Sabbio for the Heirs of Andrea Torresani]
1535-1536 (I-III) / 1538 (IV)
€1.200 - €1.600

8vo: 4 vols, [48]-314 [= 308], 303-[1], 295-[1], [251 (of 252)] ff. Woodcut Aldine mark on title(s) and at the end(s). Printed in italics (I-III); vol. IV in 2 cols. Capital spaces with guide-letters (I-III). (missing final blank of vol. IV; occasional toning, spotting or staining, title vol. I with small erasures and underlaid). 4 vols in 19th-c. quarter calf, marbled paper on covers, spines with 4 raised bands and morocco labels, sp. edges, marbled endpapers (sl. rubbed, front joint vol. I split). Very good set, with vol. II ruled

Rare complete set of the Aldine edition of Pliny's Natural history, complete with the often missing Index volume. Ref. Edit16 27236. - Renouard 114:4, 115:1-2, 116:1. - Ahmanson-Murphy 280 & 1034. - Adams P-1564. Prov. A few old annotations. Old ownership entries (some deleted)

Humanism Natural History