Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 1,000
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, GAIUS. The Historie of the World. Commonly called the Naturall Historie. English translation by Philemon Holland. General title within woodcut architectural border. [58] (of [60]), 614, [42]; [12], 632, [86] pages, including errata leaf at end; lacks initial blank. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 303x211 mm, disbound, with book block split in 2; dampstaining throughout, particularly conspicuous at beginning and end, some leaves toned or browned, scattered underscoring and cropped marginalia, clean tear in lower inner corner of I6, small stain on O2-3. 17th-century signature of Sir Roger Bradshaigh on title. London: Adam Islip, 1601

Additional Details

first edition in english; issue with Islip imprint. Norman 1719; Pforzheimer 496; STC 20029.