Auction 358 Old & Rare Books - (Post)incunabula
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PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Epistolarum ll. X. Eiusdem Panegyricus Traiano Principi dictus. Eiusdem de viris illustribus in re militari, et in administranda rep. Suetonii de claris grammaticis, et rhetoribus. Iulii Obsequentis prodigiorum liber. Indices II (…). Lat. interpret. dictionum, & sententiarum, quibus Plinius utitur. Venice, Aldus, 1518. (52), (4 blank), 525, (2 blank), (1) pp. W. woodcut Aldine device on ti-p. and at the end. Fine 19th c. full red mor. w. raised bands, gilt marbled edges, beautifully gilt dec. inside dentelles, signed 'Bauzonnet-Trautz'. (Some scratches on front side, else an excellent and clean copy).

Second Aldus edition. Important edition of Plinius's classic, which, compared to the first edition of 1508, was extended by several scholarly indices. - Adams P1538; Renouard 82; Aldine Press 166; STC Italian 525; Dibdin II, 330 (4th ed.).

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