[14], CCXIX, [1] leaves (the last leaf blank) : 34 cm (fol.)

Imprint from colophon, which reads: Explicit. C. Plinius Secundus De naturali hystoria nunc primum diligentissime ab Alexandro Benedicto phisico recognitus, cunctisq[ue] erroribus expurgatus ..

Signatures: 2a⁸ 2b⁶ a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ Rx¹⁰ A¹⁰

"Liber XIII ... De gummi generibus & papyro ... De generibus chartarum & quomodo chartæ fiant & de chartarum probatione & uitiis & glutino earum ... De libris Numæ": leaves LXXVIII-LXXIX; ill., leaf LXXVI

Title page printed in red and black; decorative and pictorial initials

Probably printed for Sessa by Agostino de Zanni (cf. STC)

Numerous errors in foliation

Illustrations: 37 woodcut images, 8 x 9 cm., one at the beginning of every book. One woodcut image, 12 x 9 cm., on verso of leaf 2a2. For a detailed description of the illustrations see Essling

Melchior Sessa's woodcut cat and mouse device on t.p. and orb and cross on colophon (cf. Kristeller)

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