Title from caption, leaf [1]/4r: Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae liber .i.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [37]/9r: Caii Plynii secvndi natvralis historiae libri tricesimiseptimi et vltimi finis impressi Venetiis per Nicolavm Ienson gallicvm. .M.CCCC.LXXII. Nicolao Trono inclyto Venetiarvm dvce.
Printed in Jenson's type 1:115R.
Collation: [1¹² 2⁸ 3-8¹⁰ 9¹² 10-15¹⁰ 16⁸ 17-27¹⁰ 28⁶ 29-30¹⁰ 31-35⁸ 36¹⁰ 37¹²]: 358 leaves, leaves [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 blank. Variant collation in GW (Berlin copy): [a-b¹⁰ c-h⁸/¹² i¹⁰ k-p¹²/⁸ q¹⁰ r-z⁸/¹²; A-C⁸/¹² D-F⁸ G¹² H-L⁶/¹⁰ M⁶ N¹² O¹⁰]: 356 leaves.
Paper format: Super-royal folio.
Edited by Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 43 x 29 cm.
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1 and [37]/11-12 (blanks).
Caii Plynii secundi naturalis historiae
Hand decoration: Contemporary northern Italian or Austria rubrication, alternating red and blue initials, with red paragraph marks, and Roman numeral headlines; primary initials in red, blue, and green with foliate decoration and marginal vine tendril/filigree decoration. Annotations: Contemporary manuscript numeral quire signatures (top-center) and alpha-numeric sigantures (bottom-right), both sets are mainly trimmed/faded.