PLINIUS SECUNDUS, GAIUS. Historia naturale. Italian translation by Cristoforo Landino. 37 column-width woodcuts; numerous white-on-black historiated or ornamental initials. [14], 259 leaves; lacks final blank. Folio, 304x211 mm, modern tan leather gilt, spine faded, partial discoloration on front cover, slight chip and short crack at top of front joint; mostly marginal worming through much of volume causing occasional slight text loss, most holes repaired with tissue, scattered stains, soiling and old inscriptions on title, 16th-century owner's marginalia in Italian, including his first-person description with drawings on 59v-60r of giant turtle caught by Lisbon fishermen in 1542. (Venice: Melchiorre Sessa & Pietro de Ravani, 14 August 1516)