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Brotherton Collection	6
English Literature	2

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natural history	49
geography, ancient	3
physics	3
zoology	3
botany, medical	2
distillation	2
astronomy	1
botany	1
fossils	1
indians of south america	1

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People and organisations	Count
Gaius Plinius Secundus	38
Pliny the Elder	38
Brotier, Gabriel	12
Brotier, Gabriel (1723-1789)	12
Poinsinet De Sivry, Louis	12
Poinsinet De Sivry, Louis (1733-1804)	12
Valpy, Abraham John	12
Valpy, Abraham John (1787-1854)	12
Holland, Philemon	4
Holland, Philemon (1552-1637)	4

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Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

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Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

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C. Plinii Secundi Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII (v.1)

Pliny the Elder; Laet, Joannes de (1581-1649)

1635

Edited by Joannes de Laet. Engraved title page (vol. 1). Vols. 2-3 have title page: C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae.

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C. Plinii Secundi Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII (v.2)

Pliny the Elder; Laet, Joannes de (1581-1649)

1635

Edited by Joannes de Laet. Engraved title page (vol. 1). Vols. 2-3 have title page: C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae.

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C. Plinii Secundi Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII (v.3)

Pliny the Elder; Laet, Joannes de (1581-1649)

1635

Edited by Joannes de Laet. Engraved title page (vol. 1). Vols. 2-3 have title page: C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae.

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Nova plantarum, animalium et mineralium Mexicanorum historia

Hernández, Francisco (1517-1587); Recchi, Nardo Antonio; Terentius, Joannes (1576-1630); Feber, Giovanni (1574-1629); Colonna, Fabio (1567-1650); Cesi, Federico (1585-1630)

1651

Added t.p., engr.: Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus; seu, Plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia.

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C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiæ libri trigintaseptem

Pliny the Elder; Manuzio, Paolo (1512-1574); Gelen, Sigmund (1497-1554); Camers, Joannes (1447-1546)

1559

References: Brunet, IV, col. 716; Burgassi, A. Serie dell'edizione Aldine, 1790, 109. Indexes, p. [1-131], have title: Index in C. Plinii Secundi Naturalem historiam : ad exemplum Ioan. Camertis : m...

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