Pliny the Elder C Plinio Secondo (1 results)

First Antonio Brucioli translation. Octavo. [xvi]; [24]; 1-1068 (numbered in roman numerals). Gathering "O" misbound out of order, but complete, pp. 490-490 mispaginated as 494-495. The succession of translations of Pliny's Historia Naturale, from the earliest printed incunables to Cinquecento Italian editions, is a complex study of the collaborative process among humanist intellectual peers. Renaissance translators of early Greek thought worked with previously published translations, offering emendations and alterations to improve or correct an earlier text. Antonio Brucioli edited Cristoforo Landino's well-received translation in 1543, which he then sought to improve upon with his own edition in 1548, making corrections to the table of contents, offering an extended preface and including a "Life of Pliny." Ultimately, Landino's translation was the preferred text, supplanting this Brucioli edition, making it the only edition of this version of Pliny's Historia Naturale. Deaccession library stamps title page; marginalia p. 544; .5" chip lower corner p. 768 no loss; period ink mark affecting text p.980; pps. 950-1068 faint water stain lower corners & corners curled, chipped, frayed, with some loss to margins and one part of marginal annotation Full vellum, skiver leather title and date spine labels.…