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 Boyle, Fifth Earl of Orrery

$850 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed by James Bettenham for Paul Vaillant, 1751. First edition, 2 vols., 4to, pp. 4 , lxxxvii, 1 , 440, 16 ; 4 , 509, 1 , 30 index, 1 explanation of the copperplates; engraved vignette title-pp. by J. Vander Gucht, engraved initials, tail- and head-pieces designed by S. Wale and engraved by J. Bonneau; Book X with engraved vignette title-p.; full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spine; minor cracking at the

  • Binding: Leather

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