C. Plinii Secundi Novocomensis epistolarum libri X. Eiusdem panegyricus Traiano Principi dictus. Eiusdem de viris illustrib. in re militari, & in administranda rep. Suetonii Tra[n]quilli De claris gra[m]maticis & rhetoribu[us] quibus adiectus est index copiosissimus. Iulii Obsequentis Prodigiorum liber. Latina interpretatio dictionum & sententiarum Graecarum, quibus Plinius vtitur.
Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD)
Category
Books
Date
1529
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3187546
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts ([12], 224; 54, [6] leaves) ; 8vo. Second part extensively annotated in Latin in small script. Verso of final leaf inscribed: The history of ye Seven and Severambis. Provenance: titlepage inscribed: de Foressy[?] Eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: French sixteenth-century[?] calf, with ornate blind tooled panel; five raised bands; in twentieth-century box, labelled: Pliny Epistolae.
Makers and roles
Pliny the Younger (62-c.112 AD) Suetonius (c.69-c.122) Julius Obsequens (4th century)