Gaius Plinius Secundus

Gaius Plinius Secundus
Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Quos interpretation et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus, Paris: Antoine-Urban Coustelier, 1723.
3 volumes, Large Paper copy, double-page engraved map ‘Paradisi Terrestris’, 8 engraved plates of coins, engraved head- and tail-pieces, occasional rust-marks, contemporary French polished crushed red morocco, dentelles and ruled borders gilt, all edges gilt, extremities very slightly bumped, folio.

A FINE COPY.

Provenance:
Chrétien-François de Lamoignon, Marquis de Basville (1735–1789), with printed paper labels ‘Bibliotheca Lamoniana’ noting shelfmarks V 51 (–53) on front pastedowns and crowned ‘L’ stamp on A2 of each volume. No. 1617 in Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. de Lamoignon (Paris: Mérigot jeune, 1791–1792);
Later bought by Thomas Payne (who added the paper labels) and auctioned by him in 1793;
Frederick J. O. Montagu, bookplate;
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven