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PLINE - Lot 50
PLINE Historia naturale di Caio Plinio segondo di lingua latina in fiorentina [...] [ Melchior Sessa P. Ravani, Venice, 1516] In-4° (290 x 210 mm), contemporary vellum, 12 ff., CCLIX ff. Text in Italian on two columns. Title printed in red and black, 38 woodcut illustrations in the text, several large figurative lettering and small woodcut initials. Fifth Italian translation by Cristoforo Landino (1st 1476) of Pliny's famous scientific encyclopedia, and the first to be illustrated. The woodcuts, with one exception, had already been used in the first illustrated Latin edition of 1513. A fine example of early 16th-century Italian typography. With 38 woodcuts, including maps of Europe and Africa, as well as depictions of mining, crafts, medicine, music and other fields. Spine missing. Child's drawing on title page and a few others in margins on some pages (few). Cut-out initials opposite page CCXX. Staining in the upper margin at the end of the volume, becoming more significant - with slight loss of text - for the last 5/6 leaves.
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