Image of Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis, printed in Venice by Johannes by Italian School, (15th century)

Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis, printed in Venice by Johannes de Spira, before 18 September...

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Image title: Pliny the Elder's Historia Naturalis, printed in Venice by Johannes de Spira, before 18 September 1469 (ink on vellum)
Artist: Italian School, (15th century) / Italian
Location: Smithsonian Libraries, Washington DC, USA
Medium: ink on vellum
Date: 1469 AD (C15th AD)

Image description: Incunabula (from the Latin word meaning swaddling clothes or, figuratively, infancy) are European books printed with movable type during the fifteenth century, that is, during the very beginnings of Western printing. Incunabula represent the formative stages of printing practice when the transition from manuscripts to modern books occurred. The Dibner Library's collection is remarkable in that the majority of the works concentrate on scientific (or more properly, natural philosophy), mathematical, and medical subjects. Almost all of the Dibner Library's incunabula were originally collected by Bern Dibner for the Burndy Library.
Photo credit: © Smithsonian Institution / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: book / middle ages / medieval / text / natural history / latin / illumination / classical / printing / historia naturalis / printed / writing / pliny the elder / incunabula / johannes de spira

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