Froben’s Pliny
Historiae Naturalis Libri XXXVII. Denuo ad vetustos codices collati, et plurimis locis emendati, ut patet ex adiunctis iteruḿque auctis Sigismundi Gelenij annotationibus. In calce operis copiosus index est additus.
Basel: Froben [Apud Hier. Frobenium, et Nic. Episcopium], 1549.
Price:
$3,750.00
A later Froben Folio edition (similar to the edition of 1539). Wood engraved printer’s device on title page and final page. Indices with separate fly title. Collation: A-C⁶ a-z⁶ A-2K⁶ 3a-3e⁶ (3e6 blank) ²a-²i⁶ ²k⁸ ²A-²C⁶. Pp. [36], 671, [1, blank], [135] [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Twentieth century quarter brown morocco and cloth boards. Very good. VD16 P3543. Provenance: early ownership signature of Sum Matthaei Championis on title page; William R. Whittingham; Maryland Diocesan Library; General Theological Seminary (bookplates and inkstamps).
Item #374030
Attractive folio edition of Pliny’s Natural History, with a prologue by Erasmus (published in the first Froben edition of 1525) and commentary by Sigismund Gelen. The printers’ names are given in full at the end of the index.
Gelen’s annotations have separate register, beginning with caption title "Clariss. viro Domino Damiano a Goes Sigismundus Gelenius S.P.D." on leaf 3a1r. The indices have a separate fly title page and register.
William R. Whittingham (1805-1879), graduated the General Theological Seminary in 1825 and was named librarian of the newly founded school. He later accepted a position on the faculty in 1836. Whittingham was consecrated the fourth Bishop of Maryland in 1840 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Whittingham's important theological library became the core of the Maryland Diocese library, which was in turn transferred to the General Theological Seminary. This copy bears the Bishop’s ownership signature, Ex libris G.R.W. Feb. 24th 1840, and a quotation from Melanchthon on a binder’s leaf preserved at front.
Item #374030
Attractive folio edition of Pliny’s Natural History, with a prologue by Erasmus (published in the first Froben edition of 1525) and commentary by Sigismund Gelen. The printers’ names are given in full at the end of the index.
Gelen’s annotations have separate register, beginning with caption title "Clariss. viro Domino Damiano a Goes Sigismundus Gelenius S.P.D." on leaf 3a1r. The indices have a separate fly title page and register.
William R. Whittingham (1805-1879), graduated the General Theological Seminary in 1825 and was named librarian of the newly founded school. He later accepted a position on the faculty in 1836. Whittingham was consecrated the fourth Bishop of Maryland in 1840 and served in that capacity until his death. Bishop Whittingham's important theological library became the core of the Maryland Diocese library, which was in turn transferred to the General Theological Seminary. This copy bears the Bishop’s ownership signature, Ex libris G.R.W. Feb. 24th 1840, and a quotation from Melanchthon on a binder’s leaf preserved at front.
