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[Historia naturalis]

[Historia naturalis]

 
 
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Author/Artist: 
Pliny, the Elder.
Other Authors: 
Johann, of Speier, d. 1470. printer
Variant Title: 
Plinius Secundus Nouocomensis equestribus militiis industriȩ functus, procurationes quoq[ue] splendidissimas atq[ue] continuas summa integritate administrauit ...
Publisher: 
[Venice : Johannes de Spira, before 18 Sept. 1469]
Subjects: 
Natural history Pre-Linnean works.
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Bib ID: 
84191
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Description
[712] p. ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Origin of glass and glass manufacture: leaf 360; Obsidian and other types of glass: leaf 360b.
Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in September 2009.
Goff P-786
Hain-Copinger-Reichling 13087
Proctor 4018
Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.), 75
Title from incipit (p. [1]).
CMGL copy has leaves numbered to 356.
Imprint from Goff.
Colophon (in verse, p. [710]) reads: Quem modo tam rarum cupiens uix lector haber[et]: quisq[ue] etiam fractus pene legendus eram: restituit Venetis me nuper Spira Ioannes: exscripsitq[ue] libros ȩre notante meos. Fessa manus quondam moneo: calamusq[ue] quiescat. Nanq[ue] labor studio cessit: & ingenio. M.CCCC.LXVIIII.
Leaves printed on both sides; 50-52 lines per page.
Unsigned gatherings.
Final leaf (p. [711]-[712]) blank.