The historie of the world. : Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus. /
Pliny,the Elder.
Holland, Philemon,1552-1637,tr.
Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope,Earl,1805-1875,former owner.StEdNL MRB.217
London, : Printed by Adam Islip.,
1634..
An English translation, by Philemon Holland, of Pliny's Naturalis historia.
First word of titles is xylographic.
First leaf is blank.
Includes indexes.
With a final "advertisement" to the reader; the last leaf is blank.
In the second tome the signature series is repeated without the doubling of the symbols.
Signatures: pi⁴(pi1+2) [par.]⁴ a-b⁶ A⁸ B-3I⁶ 3K⁴ ; ²A-3G⁶ ²3H⁴ ²3I-3O⁶ ²3P⁸.
The copy at shelfmark MRB.218 is a different state than ESTC S121936. The imprint, pagination and signatures are identical but there are small differences in the spelling of words and in the style of the numerals used for signing the gatherings.
Recto of the front second flyleaf contains the anonymous manuscript inscription "With one sole pen I wrote this book[,] made of a grey goose quill; A pen it was when it I took, a pen I leave it still". The recto of the back second flyleaf has a taped-in article from a newspaper (Scotsman?) on the building of the Wallace Monument in Stirling.
ESTC
STC (2nd ed.),
The verso of the title page has the armorial bookplate of Philip Earl Stanhope.
Natural history