Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Pliny, the Elder
Title:
[P]linivs secundus nouocomensis equestribus militiis industri[a]e functus ... : [L]ibros natvralis historiae ... narrare co[n]stituti tibi.
Alternate Title(s):
Plinius secundus novocomensis equestribus militiis industriae functus ... : Libros naturalis historiae ... narrare constituti tibi
Published / Created:
Restituit Venetis : me nuper Spira Ioannes: ..., .M. CCCC. LXVIIII. [Before 18 September 1469]
Physical Description:
[712] pages ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Leaf Collection no. 0023
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN ZZi 4018: Imperfect copy. For fuller description see collation-leaf in volume.

Signatures: [a¹° b⁸ c-i¹° k¹² l-s¹° t-u⁸ x-z¹° A-E¹° F¹² G-I¹° K⁸ L-N¹°]. The last leaf is blank.

Title from incipit at head of [a1r] (leaf [1r]).

Imprint details from verse colophon on [N9v] (leaf [355v]).

With table of contents: [a2r]-[b8v] (leaves [2r]-[18v]).

Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 13087

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, vol. 5, p. 153 (with variations in text of fol. 1a)

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13087

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 13087

Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 13087

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. V, p. 153 (with variations in text of fol. 1a)

Incunabula short title catalogue, ip00786000

BAC Leaf Collection no. 0023: Imperfect: comprises three cuttings (each approximately 7 x 6 cm), each with a large ornamental initial of burnished gold on a background of white vine work, with additional coloring in red, green, and blue. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Incunabula. | Cuttings (partial works) | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Johann, of Speier, -1470, printer.