The first edition of the book was published in 1587 in Rome by Luigi Zannetti & Giacomo Ruffinelli. The text may be the same as the Plantin edition, but the illustrations in the Rome edition of 1587 are woodcuts while those in the Plantin edition of 1588 are copperplate engravings.
There are several extant copies of both editions; some of these are listed below, with edited details taken from the library catalogs of the holding institutions.
Rome, Apud Luigi Zannettum & Giacomo Ruffinellum, 1587
Antelopeford University (2 copies)
Title: [Tou hagiou patros hemon Epiphaniou
Episkopou Konstanteias Kyprou Peri ton physiologon.
Tou autou eis ta Baia logos]. = Sancti patris nostri
Epiphanii Episcopi Constantiae Cypri Ad physiologum.
Eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo. / D. Consali
Ponce de Leon Hispalensis. S.D.N. Sixti V. cubicularii
secreti, interpretis & scholiastae, bimestre
otium.
Description: [16], 122, [10] p. ill. (port.)
; 40. Illustrations: woodcuts of natural history.
Signatures: a-b4 A-Q4 R2.
Notes: The ascription to Epiphanius has been
put in doubt by the fact that several other Greek
and Latin churchmen have been mentioned as the author,
none of whom has been authenticated. Cf. K. Krumbacher.
Geschichte d. byzantinischen Litt. (2d ed.)
p. 877. The "Ad physiologum" consists
of Greek original and Latin translation interspersed
with Ponce de Leon's Latin commentary. "Beati
Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri In die festo palmarum"
(caption title; pp. 108-122) consists of Greek original
and Latin translation on opposite pages. Printer's
device with motto "Claritate in claritatem"
on t.p. Woodcut portrait of Epiphanius on leaf b4v.
Includes index. Errata on leaf R2v. Head- and tail-pieces,
initials.
Shelfmarks: [1] Merton Coll. Library 83.A.19
(2) ; [2] Trinity Coll. Old Libr I.6.24
Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (2 copies)
Title: Tu hagiu patros h¯em¯on
Epiphaniu ... Peri t¯on physiolog¯on ...
Tu autu Eis ta baïa logos ; eiusdem in die
festo palmarum sermo ... Consali Ponce de Leon interpretis
...
Description: 8 Bl., 103 S., 5 Bl.
Shelfmarks: [1] Res/P.gr. 422 o ; [2] 4 P.gr.
86=Verlust
Title: Sancti patris nostri Epiphanii...
ad Physiologum. Ejusdem in dia festo palmarum sermo.
D. Consali Ponce de Leon... interpretis & scholiastae,
bimestre otium...
Description: [XVI] - 122 - [10] p. -portr.
gr., fig. -4°
Notes: Lettres ornées, culs de lampe.
Ex-libris ms et cachet de St-Pierre-aux Monts. Reliure
parchemin.
Shelfmark: AF 9547
Title:
Του ἁγιου
πατρος ἡμων
Ἐπιφανιου...
Περι τον φυσιολογον.
Του αὐτου
εἰς τα βαια
λογος. Sancti ...
Epiphanii ... ad Physiologum. Eiusdem in die festo
palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon ... interpretis
& scholiastæ, bimestre otium. [With woodcuts.]
Gr. & Lat.
Description: 122 pages. 4o.
Shelfmark: 474.b.1.(3.)
Title: Ad physiologum. Tou hagiou patros
h[¯e]m¯on Epiphaniou, Episkopou Konstanteias
Kyprou, Peri ton physiologon. Tou autou eis ta Baia
logos. Sancti patris nostri Epiphanij, Episcopi
Constantiae Cypri Ad physiologum. Eiusdem in die
festo Palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis
... interpretis & scholiastae, bimestre otium
...
Description: [16], 122, [10] p. ; 4o. Binding: stiff vellum, 16th century.
Note: Illustrations: woodcuts of natural
history.
Provenance: library stamp, with crown of
thorns, cross and initials SPBCN, Europe?, on title-page.
Shelfmark: PG, Routh Routh 1.I.30
Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1588
Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (3 copies)
Title: Tu hagiu patros h¯em¯on
Epiphaniu ... Peri t¯on physiolog¯on
Description: 124 S. : Ill.
Shelfmarks: [1] P.gr. 150=Verlust ; [2] P.gr.
151=Verlust ; [3] Dogm. 342 Beibd.1
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Title: Tou Hagiou Patros ¯hem¯on
Epiphaniou, Episkopou Konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton
physiologon. Tou autou Eis ta Baia logos. Sancti
patri nostri Epiphanii, episcopi Constantiae Cypri,
Ad Physiologvm. Eiusdem In die festo Palmarum sermo.
D. Consali Ponce de Leon ... interpretis & scholiastae,
bimestre otium ...
Description: 8 p.l., 124, [11] p. illus.
17 cm. Signatures: *8 A-H8 I4.
Call Number: Me35 Ep41 A5 1588
Biblioteca Central de Cantabria
Títle: Sancti patris nostri Epiphanii...
ad Physiologum / Eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo.
D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hipalensis... interpretis
& scholiastae, bimestre otium
Description: 8 + 124 p. + 6; 8º
Bibliothek des Zentralinstituts für Kunstgeschichte
Shelfmark: SB 188/4 R
Bibliothèque Louis Aragon (2 copies)
Title: Ad Physiologum In die festo palmarum
Sermo
Description: 124 p. : ill. ; 08
Notes: Rel. ancienne, parchemin
Shelfmarks: [1] TH 2102 A ; [2] LESC 1055 A
Title: Sancti patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi
Constantiae Cypri, ad Physiologum ; graece et lat.
Description: Fig. 8°
Shelfmark: C. 6892
Bibliothèque municipale. Grenoble, Isère
Title: S. Patris nostri Epiphanii episcopi
Cons. Typis, ad physiologum. (de uniuscujusque generis
ferarum ac volucrum natura), in die festo Palmarum
ejusdem sermo (gr. et lat.) Consali Ponce de Leon
interpretis et scholiastae bimestre otium
Description: Fig. s. bois 8°
Shelfmark: F.20642, CGA
Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon
Title: Sancti patris nostri Epiphanii...Ad
physiologum. Eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo
(G. Vossio interprete). D. Consali Ponce de Leon...interpretis
& scholiastae, bimestre otium. (Carmina lat.
P. Angelii Bargaei et gr. Fr. Sagerii)
Description: (16-)124(-4) p. sign. *, A-H8
: portrait et ill. gr. (par P. Van der Borcht);
8°, 154 mm. Empr.: s-is abo- *,*-luce 3 M.D.LXXXVIII
Notes: Texte grec et trad. latine sur la
col. en regard. Le Physiologus est apocryphe. Voet
1126. Contents: Angelio (Pietro). Carmen Sagerius
(Federicus), Romanus. Epigramma, graece.
Provenance: Ex-libris ms des Jésuites
de Lyon 1611.
Shelfmark: Rés 328615
British Library (2 copies)
Title:
Του ἁγιου
... Επιφανιου
... εἰςτον φυσιολογον.
Του αὐτουεἰς
τα βαϊα λογος.
Sancti ... Epiphani ... ad physiologum.
Ejusdem in die festo palmarum sermo. D. E. Ponce
de Leon ... interpretis et scholiastæ bimestre
otium. Gr. & Lat.
Shelfmarks: [1] 958.a.1. ; [2] 843.h.10.(2.)
Author: Epiphanius, Saint, Bp. of Constantia
in Cyprus.
Title: ... Ad Physiologvm. Eiusdem in die
festo Palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis
... interpretis et scholiastae, bimestre otium.
Description: 1 v. ; 8vo.
Shelfmark: Euing, Level 12 Spec Coll BD19-i.45
Title: EIS TON FUSIOLOGON [...] ad physiologum.
Eiusdem in die festo palmarum sermo
Description: 8°. [16] +124 + [12]. Illustrations:
Portrait + 25 copperplate illustrations by P. van
der Borcht.
Note: Text in Latin and Greek. Bound with
Philo of Alexandria, Opuscula tria[...] ,
ed. D. Hoeschelius (Frankfurt, 1587); Gregory of
Nazianzus, Definitiones rerum simplices [...],
ed. D. Hoeschelius (n.p., 1591); idem, Arcana
[...] (Leiden, 1591); M. Margunius, Poëmata
aliquot sacra [...], ed. D. Hoeschelius (Leiden,
1592). Editorial ms note in Greek on title-page.
Provenance: According to a hardly legible
ms note this copy was bought by a previous owner
for 19 stuivers in the auction of Bonaventura Vulcanius
in 1610; I. Vossius (label on t.p.)
Shelfmark: 582 D 19 :1 (UBL)
McGill University, Blacker-Wood Library of Biology
Title: S. Patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi
Constantiae Cypri : ad Physiologum ; iusdem in die
festo Palmarum sermo Consali Ponce... interpretio
and scholiasta bimestre otium.
Shelfmark: O 4E64 Cutter Blacker-Wood Rare
Books
La Médiathèque de l'Agglomération Troyenne
Title: Sancti Patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi
Constantiae Cypri, ad physiologum. Ejusdem in die
festo palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis...
bim estre otium
Description: ill. (portr.); 8°
Shelfmark: BM Troyes, d.g.6568
Title: Tou hagiou patros h¯em¯on
Epiphaniou, Episkopou Konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton
physiologon ; tou autou eis ta Baia logos = Sancti
patris nostri Epiphani, Episcopi Constantiae Cypri,
Ad physiologum ; eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo
/ D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis ... interpretis
& scholiastae, bimestre otium
Description: [16], 124, [12] p. : ill. ;
17 cm. (8vo) ; Tan paper boards. Some ilustrations
hand-colored. Pages 81-95 mispaginated as 87-101.
Signatures: *8 A-H8 I4.
Notes: Greek text with parallel Latin translation
and Latin editorial notes by Gonzalo Ponce de Leon.
Shelfmark: RAR Stacks PA4273.P8 L3 1588
Title: Sancti Patris Nostri Epiphani, episcopi
Constantiae Cypri, ad physiologum. Eiusdem in die
festo palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon ...
interpretis et scholiastae, bimestre otium.
Description: [8 p.], 124 p., 6 p., engravings.
Binding: vellum with maroon title label
Notes: 26 half page woodcuts [actually copperplate
engravings]. Includes index. Text in Greek and Latin.
Provenance: From the library of Miss Julia
P. Wightman.
Shelfmark: 151964, Julia P. Wightman Collection
(JPW)
Universitätsbibliothek München (2 copies)
Title: Ad physiologum opus ; Eiusdem in die
festo palmarum sermo
Consali Ponce de Leon interpretis et scholiastae
bimestre otium
Note: Text griech. u. lat.
Shelfmarks: [1] 0001/8 P.eccl. 236 ; [2]
0001/8 P.eccl. 798 3
Université Des Sciences Sociales, Bibliothèque Universitaire de l'Arsenal
Title: Sancti patris nostri Epiphanii...
ad Physiologum. Ejusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo.
D. Consali Ponce de Leon... interpretis et scholiastae
bimestre otium...
Note: Sur page de garde ex-libris ms "Mallard"
ou "Wallard"(XVIe ?). Cachet de la bibliothèque
de l'abbaye Saint-Victor à Paris. Cachet
de la faculté de théologie protestante
de Montauban.
Provenance: Faculté de théologie
protestante, Bibliothèque (Montauban). Abbaye
Saint-Victor (Paris). Bibliothèque.
Title: Tou hagiou patros hemon Epiphaniou,
Episkopou Konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton physiologon
; tou autou eis ta Baia logos = Sancti patris nostri
Epiphani, Episcopi Constantiae Cypri, Ad physiologum
; eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo / D. Consali
Ponce de Leon Hispalensis ... interpretis &
scholiastae, bimestre otium.
Description: [16], 124, [12] p. : ill. ;
17 cm. (8vo)
Notes: Greek text with parallel Latin translation
and Latin editorial notes by Gonzalo Ponce de Leon.
Signatures: *8 A-H8 I4. Pages 81-95 mispaginated
as 87-101.
Shelfmark: Special Collections, Rare Books
PA4273.P8 1588
University of Victoria, McPherson Library
Title: Tou hagiou patros h¯em¯on
Epiphaniou, Episkopou konstanteias Kyprou, Eis ton
physiologon; tou autou eis ta Baia logus = Sancti
Patris nostri Epiphanii, episcopi Constantiae Cypri,
Ad Physiologvm. Eiusdem in die festo palmarum sermo.
D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis, S.D.N. Sixti
V. Cubicularij secreti, interpretis & scholiastae
bimestre otium.
Description: [16], 124, [11] p. : ill. 18
cm.
Notes: Greek & Latin. Coll.-vert. C.
Ponce de Leon; coll. (P. Angelius Bargaeus; F. Sagerius;
Symeon Metaphrastes Logotheta, s.) The ascription
to Epiphanius has been put in doubt by the fact
that several other Greek and Latin churchmen have
been mentioned as the author, none of whom has been
authenticated. Cf. K. Krumbacher. Geschichte
d. byzantinischen Litt. (2d ed.) p. 877. Contains
25 chapters of the Physiologus, a study on animals
and their behavior, (Greek text and Latin translation),
and a homily of the feast of Psalm Sunday (Greek
with Latin translation). The "Ad physiologum"
consists of Greek original and Latin translation
interspersed with Ponce de Leon's Latin commentary.
"Beati Epiphanii Episcopi Cypri In die festo
palmarum" consists of Greek original and Latin
translation on opposite pages. Includes index.
Provenance: Gift of Beryl Rowland estate.
Shelfmark: Special Collections, BR65 E653H3
1588
Illustrations: Landscapes