Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, CAIUS. Naturalis historiae libri trigintaseptem. With notes by Sigmund Gelen; edited by Paulus Manutius. [14] leaves, 976, [36] columns; [66] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 299x204 mm, later vellum boards, small wormhole in rear cover; occasional toning, owner's inscription in lower margin of title, scattered marginalia, narrow vertical hole through leaves in gatherings Q and R slightly affecting text, stain on fore edges toward end, front free endpaper excised. Venice: Paulus Manutius, 1559

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First one-volume folio Aldine edition. Renouard, page 177(2).