C. Plinii Cæcilii secundi Epistolarvm libri X & Panegyrivs. . Accedunt variantes lectiones.
Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
leather, paper
Measurements
130 x 75 mm; 25 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087810
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],414,[26]p. . 12mo.. With a blue ribbon bookmark.. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on flyleaf: 'To Mr. Payne off W.L.' 'J.T. Payne 1850'. In the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928): 'Given me in payment of a bet of 1£ with Lady Colvile about the general election of 1880. The print of Nelly O Brien was in lieu of a bet of 10£, on the same event, with Mrs. E. Smith'.. Binding: Nineteenth-century red leather; triple gilt fillets on boards; gilt tooled on spine and gilt rolled on edges and turn-ins; green spine label, gilt lettered: C Plin Episto; gilt edges.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD)