1472.

_Fol. 1, blank._ _Fol. 2^a_: CAIVS PLYNIVS MARCO SVO SALVTEM. _Fol.
4^a_: CAII PLYNII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBER .I. CAIVS PLYNIVS
SECVNDVS NOVOCOMENSIS DOMITIANO SVO SALVTEM. PRAEFATIO. _Fol. 21^a_:
CAII PLINII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBER .II. _Fol. 355^a_,
COLOPHON: CAII PLYNII SECVNDI NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBRI TRICESIMI
SEPTIMI ET VLTIMI FINIS IMPRESSI VENETIIS PER NICOLAVM IENSON GALLICVM
.M.CCCC.LXXII. NICOLAO TRONO INCLYTO VENETIARVM DVCE. _Followed by_:
Iohannis andreæ episcopi aleriensis ad pontificem summum Paulum secundum
uenetum epistola. _Fol. 356^a_: Hereneus lugdunensis episcopus: item
Iustinus ex philosopho martyr: item cum diuo Hieronymo Eusebius
cæsariensis: serio posteritatem adiurarunt: ut eorum descripturi opera
conferrent diligenter exemplaria: et sollerti studio emendarent. Idem
ego tum in cæteris libris omnibus tum maxime i_n_ Plynio ut fiat;
uehementer obsecro: obtestor: atq_ue_ adiuro: ne ad priora menda: _et_
tenebras i_n_extricabiles tanti sudoris opus relabat_ur_. Instauratu_m_
aliqua_n_tulu_m_ sub romano po_n_tifice maximo Paulo secu_n_do ueneto.
_Fol. 356^b, blank._

Folio. Quires [1^{12}, 2^8, 3-8^{10}, 9^{12}, 10-15^{10}, 16^8,
17-27^{10}, 28^6, 29-30^{10}, 31-35^8, 36^{12}, 37^8], 356 leaves,
first blank, 50 lines to the page, roman letter, without
signatures, catchwords or pagination. Two- to twelve-line spaces
left for capitals, with guide-letters; also spaces for occasional
Greek words. Greek type sparingly used, oftener transliteration in
roman. Two pinholes. Hain *13089. Proctor 4087. Morgan Cat. II, p.
39, n. 297.

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