Plinius Secundus, Historia naturalis, Venice, 1487, tooled calf, Penrose copy
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June 15, 04:28 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Plinius Secundus, Gaius
Historia naturalis [edited by Philippus Beroaldus]. Venice: Marinus Saracenus, 14 May (14 June) 1487
Chancery folio (296 x 195mm.), 270 leaves (of 272, without initial and final blank), aa8 bb6 a–z8 &8 A–G8 H10, roman type, 56 lines plus headline, initial spaces with printed guides, some annotations in red and brown ink, sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf over pasteboard, slipcase, medieval manuscript leaf bound at end (see footnote for details), a few repaired wormholes, repaired tear in g5, rebacked and resewn
The manuscript leaf in the binding is a leaf from a Decorated Antiphonary, in Latin on vellum [Tuscany, 12th century], including the Christmas morning mass 'Puer natus est' with a fine, large, initial in red ink, with interlace strapwork designs in compartments and foliage terminals; blind-ruled for up to 15 lines of text and music on three-line staves, the music in pre-square notation, derived from Beneventan.
LITERATURE:
ISTC ip00795000
PROVENANCE:
Comte Revedin, armorial bookplate; Boies Penrose II (1902-1976), armorial bookplate
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