Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Naturalis historiae, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1559 (1558), seventeenth-century limp vellum

Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius. C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae libri trigintaseptem, a Paulo Manutio multis in locis emendati. Castigationes Sigismundi Gelenii. Index plenissimus [part 2:] Index in C. Plinii Secundi Naturalem historiam, ad exemplum Ioan. Camertis, mutatis quibusdam quae ad hanc editionem non congruebant, nonnullis etiam adiectis. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1559 (1558)

Folio (290 x 195 mm). Roman and italic type, 56 lines plus headline. collation: A⁶ B⁸ a-z^{6 2}A-R⁶ S⁴ aaa-ccc⁶ A-L⁶: 342 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and title of index, woodcut historiated initials. (Two leaves of index, B2-B3, in duplicate, scattered foxing and browning, a few stray spots and stains, worming to final two leaves.)

binding: Seventeenth-century limp vellum (308 x 210 mm), flat spine with manuscript title. (Some soiling and buckling.)

acquisition: Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, London, 1987. references: UCLA 575; Renouard 177/2; Edit16 28055; USTC 849936