Dublin Core
Title
The historie of the world: commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus
Subject
Natural history Pre-Linnean works
Natural history
Early works
Pre-Linnaean works
Natural history
Early works
Pre-Linnaean works
Description
An English translation, by Philemon Holland, of Pliny's Naturalis historia.
Signatures: pi⁴(pi1+2) [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ A⁸ B-3I⁶ 3K⁴ ²A-3G⁶ ²3H⁴ ²3I-3O⁶ ²3P⁸.
Vol. 2 has imprint: London, Printed by Adam Islip, 1634.
Vol. 1: [58], 614, [42] p.; v. 2: [12], 632, [86] p.
Errors in pagination: v. 1, p. 227, 293, 484, and 559 incorrectly numbered 127, 693, 489, and 549; v. 2, p. 265, 276, 409, 420, and 492 incorrectly numbered 276, 266, 421, 409, and 592.
A reissue of STC 20020 with title page reset.
Printer's device (McKerrow 330) on title pages; head- and tail-pieces; initials.
First word of titles is xylographic.
First leaf is blank.
With a final "advertisement" to the reader; the last leaf is blank.
Includes indexes.
Signatures: pi⁴(pi1+2) [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ A⁸ B-3I⁶ 3K⁴ ²A-3G⁶ ²3H⁴ ²3I-3O⁶ ²3P⁸.
Vol. 2 has imprint: London, Printed by Adam Islip, 1634.
Vol. 1: [58], 614, [42] p.; v. 2: [12], 632, [86] p.
Errors in pagination: v. 1, p. 227, 293, 484, and 559 incorrectly numbered 127, 693, 489, and 549; v. 2, p. 265, 276, 409, 420, and 492 incorrectly numbered 276, 266, 421, 409, and 592.
A reissue of STC 20020 with title page reset.
Printer's device (McKerrow 330) on title pages; head- and tail-pieces; initials.
First word of titles is xylographic.
First leaf is blank.
With a final "advertisement" to the reader; the last leaf is blank.
Includes indexes.
Creator
Plinius Secundus, Gaius, 23-79
Source
Herbert Hoover Collection of Mining & Metallurgy, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges
Publisher
London: Adam Islip
Date
1634
Contributor
Lindsey Betts, CCEPS Fellow, Fall 2015, CMC 2016
Rights
Public domain
Relation
[no text]
Format
2 v. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Science, Religion, and Everything in Between: Early Modern Science Texts
Coverage
Early Modern Era
Seventeenth century
Great Britain
Seventeenth century
Great Britain