C. Plinij Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij
Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia, a Latin encyclopedia of natural history printed in Venice in 1513 by Melchior Sessa for scholars and readers of learned texts. Its pictures are small woodcut scenes beside large decorated initial letters, showing figures in period dress doing everyday tasks, animals and plants, with a designer able to borrow the compact framed vignettes and ornamental capitals for historical layouts.
