PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius (ca. 23-79 A.D.). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland . London: Adam Islip, 1601. 2 volumes bound in one, 2 o (305 x 202 mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, errata leaf at end of vol. 2. (Lacking first blank [ ]1, minor soiling to title of vol. 1, a few pale stains in the index at end.) Eighteenth-century russia gilt (rebacked with original spine preserved, corners worn). Provenance : Joseph Cockshutt, engraved armorial bookplate; John Riley Austen, bookplate. First complete edition in English. Pforzheimer 496; STC 20029; Norman 1719.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Caius (ca. 23-79 A.D.). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland . London: Adam Islip, 1601. 2 volumes bound in one, 2 o (305 x 202 mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, errata leaf at end of vol. 2. (Lacking first blank [ ]1, minor soiling to title of vol. 1, a few pale stains in the index at end.) Eighteenth-century russia gilt (rebacked with original spine preserved, corners worn). Provenance : Joseph Cockshutt, engraved armorial bookplate; John Riley Austen, bookplate. First complete edition in English. Pforzheimer 496; STC 20029; Norman 1719.
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