Pliny's Historia Naturalis.
Engraved Title: C. PLINIUS S. Vande Menfchen, Beeften, Vogelen en Viffchen.
[Pliny the Elder. Of Men, Beasts, Birds, and Fish].
Title: C. PLINII | SECUNDI | Des wijd-vermaerden Na- | tuur-kondigers vijf boecken handelende van de nature. | Handelende van de Nature | I. Vande Manfchen. | II. Vande viervoetige en kruypende Dieren. | III. Vande Vogelen. | IV. Vande kleyne Beeftjes of Ongedierten. | V. Vande Viffchen, Oefters, Kreeften, &c. | Hier zijn by ghevoeght / de Schriften | van verscheyden andere oude autheuren / de | natuer der dieren aengaende; | En nu in defen leften Druck wel het vierde part | vermeerdert , uyt verscheyden nieuwe Schrijvers | en eyghen ondervindinge : en met veel | kopere Plaeten verciert. {Device} | t' AMSTELREDAM , | By Iooft Hartgers, Boeck-verkooper op den Dam | bezijden het Stadthuys, 1650.
Pagination: [1, 2] - engraved t.p. / blank, [3, 4] - text t.p. / Aen den nauw-keuringem Lefer..., 5-802, 52 engraved plates; colophon on p. 802 bottom: "Gedruckt by Chiftoffel Cunradus, ..."
Collation: A-Z1-12, Aa-Kk1-12
Size: 12mo, 14 x 9 cm
Binding: Vellum
The first Dutch version, consisting of extracts from books 7-11 from Pliny's "Natural History" was published in Arnheim by Jans Janzen in quarto in 1610. Our copy is one of the Amsterdam editions and the only one in duodecimo. According to WorldCat, there is not a single copy of this edition in the US libraries.
Printed by Christoffel Cunradus ( Freiberg , c. 1615 - Amsterdam , 1684) for publisher Joost Hartgers (Dutch, fl. 1650).
See Gudger, E. W. "Pliny's Historia Naturalis. The Most Popular Natural History Ever Published." Isis 6, no. 3 (1924): 269-81. Accessed September 23, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/224311.
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Binding | Hardcover , Vellum |
| Size | 12mo , 14 x 9 cm |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Country | Holland , Netherlands |
| Period | 17 AD |
| Language | French |
| Edition | Book , Illustrated book |
| Media/Technique | Burin , Copperplate engraving , Engraving , Paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1650 |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |
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