| Title | LIbri naturalis historiae | Translate |
| Author | Pliny, | Translate |
| Type | Book | Translate |
| Imprint | Venetis : Spira Ioannes | Translate |
| Year | M.CCCC.LXVIIII. [[before 18 September] 1469] | Translate |
| Size | 39 cm (folio) | Translate |
| Annotation | Title derived from first line of introductory letter by Pliny to the emperor Vespasian (leaf [1] recto), which reads: [L]ibros naturalis historiae nouitiu[m] cam[a]enis q[ui]ritiu[m] tuo[rum] opus natu[m] apud me proxima f[a]etura licentiore epistola narrare co[n]stitui tibi iocu[n]dissime imperator. ... Publication statement from colophon in the form of a poem in elegiac distichs (leaf [357] verso), which reads: Quem modo tam rarum cupiens uix lector haber[et]: Quiq[ue] etiam fractus pene legendus eram: // Restituit Venetis me nuper Spira Ioannes: // exscripsitq[ue] libros [a]ere notante meos. // Fessa manus quondam moneo: Calamusq[ue] quiescat. Nanq[ue] labor studio cessit: & ingenio. M.CCCC.LXVIIII. Dating according to ISTC before 18 September 1469. Contains also (leaf [1] verso): biography of Pliny from De viris illustribus by Suetonius, with first line: Plinius secundus nouocomensis equestribus militiis industri[a]e functus est. Text printed in one column, apart from table of contents, which is printed in two columns. Capital spaces without guide letters. Signatures according to GW: [a¹⁰ b⁸ c¹² d-i¹⁰ k¹² l-s¹⁰ t⁸ u⁸ x-z¹⁰ A-E¹⁰ F¹² G-I¹⁰ K⁸ L-N¹⁰] [N]10 is blank. Incunabula short title catalogue, Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Incunabula in Dutch libraries, ip00786000 M34312 3725 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WITHOUT LOCAL DATA OF ANY INSTITUTION. PLEASE DO NO MATCH OR MERGE WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF SAME MANIFESTION CONTAINING LOCAL DATA OF ANY INSTITUTION. | Translate |
| Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate |
| Call number | R fol 1 (Rariora) | Translate |
| Comment | In moderne foliëring fol. 241 als fol. 240. | Translate |
| Comment | In modern foliation fol.241 as fol. 240. | Translate |
| Edition | [Editio princeps] | Translate |
| Place | Venice | Translate |
| Publisher | Johann | Translate |
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