Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, GAIUS. The Historie of the World: Commonly called, The Naturall Historie. English translation by Philemon Holland. [58] (of [60]), 614, [42]; [12], 632, [86] (of [88]) pages; lacks initial and final blanks. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 326x218 mm, old calf gilt, rebacked retaining most of backstrip, endpapers renewed; some light dampstaining in upper outer corners, Volume 1 title soiled and mounted, next leaf reinforced in gutter, hole through index leaf 3H1 affecting several words on verso. London: Adam Islip, 1634

Additional Details

Second edition of Holland's 1601 translation, the first into English. STC 20030.