Pliny, the Elder, Historia naturalis. 1510. 8°. Lyon: Balthazar de Gabiano

31 August 1510

Pliny, the Elder.

C. Plinii Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis. libri. decem et septem.

[Lyon]: [Colophon:] finitum fuit [pr. for B. de Gabiano?], die vltimo mensis Augusti. M.CCCCC.X. [1510].

8°: aaa–ccc⁸ ddd⁴ a–z aa–zz ²aaa–iii⁸; ³aaa–bbb A–Z AA–ZZ AAA–FFF⁸ GGG⁴.

Printed with typographical material associated with Balthazar de Gabiano.

A copy of the 1507 Aldine edition.

Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$iiij’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: It6 (80mm; IIA); Gk6 (80mm).

Initials: spaces with guide letters.

Baudrier viii, 24–25.

David J. Shaw, ‘The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus’s italic type: a new chronology’, In: The Italian book 1465–1800: Studies presented to Dennis E. Rhodes on his 70th birthday, British Library, 1993, 117–133, no. 33.

von Gültlingen, i, Gabiano, no. 49.

[IS001619]

1507/727. G.8917 (vol. 1 only)