J. 16
Plinii epistolae.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 11, as above.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS,
Caius Caecilius.
C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus. Editio nova. Marcvs Zverivs Boxhornivs recensuit, & passim emendavit. Lvdg. Batav. apud
Joan. & Danielem Elsevier,
cIɔ Iɔc liii. [1653.]
PA6638 .A2 1653
12mo. 228 leaves, title printed in red and black, with the
Elzevir solitaire device.
Willems 732.
Pieters, page 165, no. 17.
Old calf, not initialled by Jefferson. The armorial bookplate of Samuel Berkley pasted on back of title, W. Stephens sculp.
With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
This edition is a line for line reimpression of the Elzevir edition of 1640, which was ordered (but apparently not obtained) by Jefferson from Van Damme (Amsterdam), no. 4118 in an auction catalogue, on March 18, 1788.
Caius Caecilius Plinius Secundus, c. 61-c. 113, Latin writer, was a contemporary of Juvenal and of Martial. The first edition of his
Epistolae was printed in Venice in 1471.
Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn, 1612-1653, Dutch scholar.
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J. 17
Plinii epistolae.
Lat.
Fr. par m
(
~r
) de Sacy.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 12, as above, omitting
m(
~r
).
PLINIUS SECUNDUS,
Caius Caecilius.
C. Plinii Caecilii Secvndi Epistolae et Panegyricvs nervae Traiano dictvs cvrante Ioanne Petro Millero Berolini,
1750. Svmtibvs
A. Havde et
I. C. Speneri . . .
--Lettres et Panegyrique de Trajan par Pline le jeune traduits par Mr. de Sacy de l’Academie Françoise . . . 1750.
PA6639 .F5 S3
8vo. 2 vol. in 1 with continuous signatures and pagination, 276 leaves only, should be 278, engraved vignettes on the titles,
French and
Latin text in parallel columns, the
French text in italic letter.
Old vellum. Epistolæ / Plinii / lettered in ink on the back; lacks the half title and the Latin title-page in vol. I. Initialled
by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Louis de Sacy, 1654-1727, French scholar, lawyer and author. The first edition of his translation of Pliny’s
Epistolae appeared in 1689 and of the Panegyric to Trajan in 1709.
Johann Peter Miller, 1705-1781, German philologue.
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J. 18
Pliny’s epistles by Orrery.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 154, no. 24, Pliny’s Epistles, Eng. by Orrery, 2 v 8vo.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS,
Caius Caecilius.
The Letters of Pliny the Younger, with Observations on each letter; and an Essay on Pliny’s life, addressed to Charles Lord Boyle. By John Earl of Orrery. Volume I. [-Volume II. The
Third Edition.]
London: printed by
James Bettenham, for
Paul Vaillant,
mdcclii
. [1752.]
PA6639 .E507 [
i.e. “E5 O7”?--
Ed.]
2 vol. 8vo. 256 and 254 leaves, engraved device on the titles by Vander Gucht, engraved head and tail pieces, the first with an orrery, by Bonneau after Wale and other artists.
Half calf, initialled by Jefferson in both volumes. From the library of Reuben Skelton, with his armorial bookplate in both
volumes. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
