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C. Plinii Secvndi Novocomensis Epistolaru[m] libri decem : in quibus multae habentur epistolae non ante impressae, tum Graeca correcta, et suis locis restituta, atq[ue] reiectis adulterinis uera reposita : item fragmentatae epistolae integrae factae : in medio etiam epistolae libri octaui de Clitumno fonte non solum uertici calx additus, et calci uertex, sed decem quoq[ue] epistolae interpositae, ac ex nono libro octauus factus, et ex octauo nonus, idq[ue] beneficio exe[m]plaris correctissimi & mirae, ac potius uenerandae uetustatis. Eiusdem Panegyricus Traiano Imp. dictus. Eiusdem De viris illustribus in re militari, et in administranda Rep. Suetonii Tra[n]quilli De claris gra[m]maticis et rhetorib. Iulii Obsequentis Prodigiorum liber.

Accession number
PML 79187
Creator
Pliny, the Younger.
Published
Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, [Nov. 1508].
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
De viris illustribus, attributed by Aldus to Pliny, is spurious.
Edited by Aldo Manuzio.
In his preface, Aldus tells how the manuscript was secured by Aloisio Mocenigo: "Has Plinii Epistolas in Italiam reportasti, in membrana scriptas, atque adeo diuersis a nostris characteribus, ut nisi quis diu assueuerit non queat legere ... Est enim uolumen ipsum non solum correctissimum, sed etiam ita antiquum ut putem scriptum Plinii temporibus."
Includes index.
Italic type, Roman headings.
Printer's device on t.p. and verso of final leaf; spaces with guide letters for capitals.
Publication information from colophon.
This is the first book to include Andreas Asulanus (Torresani) as Aldus' partner.
This text was probably printed from the VIth cent. ms. of which some leaves are in the Morgan Library & Museum (MS M. 462).
Description
[24], 525, [3] pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
Classification
Department