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Plinius Secundus, Caius Caecilius. Epistolarum libri decem.

With woodcut printer’s mark on title page. 464, (16) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century full calf with embossed boards and gilt spine. – Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1551.

Famous collection of letters by Pliny the Younger (c. 61 – c. 113), printed by the prominent German-French printer Sebastian Gryphius. Pliny's letters are among the most important sources of Roman history of the first century AD. – Spine expertly restored, extremities rubbed. – Best.-Nr. 26491