Pliny Secundus, Gaius. Historiae mundi libri XXXVII. Opus omni quidem recommendatione Maius, sed nullis ad hunc diem editionibus. 23 Bl., 1 w. Vol., 901 pp., 109 Bl. With woodcut printer brand. 39 x 25 cm. Calfskin d. C. (breathed and infested, capitals somewhat laden) with floral gold plating. Lyon, Bartholomew Honoratus, 1587. Schweiger 789. – First edition published by the French botanist Jacques Daléchamps (1513-1588), based on six manuscripts, "whose deviating readings he excellently mittheiled" (Schweiger). Generous folio printing. – Title stamped several times (excluded duplicate copy of a Franciscan library). A little stained, in places with small water edges in the bow, numerous layers also affected in the edge (the paper there somewhat wavy), fl. Purpose with modern exlibris.