Beschreibung:

67 2894 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plinius Caecilius Secundus C 67 2894 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Plinius Caecilius Secundus C 67/2894 [Classical antiquity and neolatinism]. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. Epistolarum libri decem eiusdem gratiarum actio sive Panegyricus. Ed. J.M. Gesner. Leipsic, C. Fritschius, 1739, (4),XXVIII,652,(92)p., engr. frontisp. by A. VINDEL, printer's vignette, contemp. vellum, both covers w. gilt coat of arms of Arnhem. - Browned almost throughout; old annots. on recto and verso of first blank leaf; old onwer's entry on first free endpaper. Lacks ties; binding sl. duststained. = Very rare. Attractive binding with the prize for Joannes Cannegieter, awarded by Henricus Cannegieter (dated 1743). "These editions [Gesneri, Lipsiae, 1739-70-05], which contain also the Panegyric, are very sensible and excellent ones; less calculated for the critic than that of Longolius, but affording to the curious student much judicious matter, with appropriate illustrations of the text (...)". (Dibdin II, p.333).