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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Panegyric, with full notes: Amsterdam 1738

Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus 
Panegyricus, cum notis integris: Amsterdam 1738

An excellent collector's edition of Pliny the Younger's Panegyric to Trajan, published in Amsterdam in 1738 by the renowned printing house of Janssonius Waesberg. This prestigious quarto academic edition was edited by the philologist Johannes Arntzenius and includes the complete commentaries of great humanists such as Justus Lipsius, Janus Gruterus, and Francesco Juret.

The volume is distinguished by its meticulous printing, a two-color title page (red and black) with a beautiful signed intaglio print, and clean interiors with wide margins. It features a period full leather binding decorated with gilt floral motifs on the boards and spine. The spine has been carefully reinforced at the hinges to ensure its strength and durability. An ideal piece for bibliophiles and collectors of Latin classics and 18th-century editions.

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The book's original spine has been reinforced and restored using a textured leather graft of a similar tone. This intervention ensures the volume's structural integrity, allowing for safe opening and guaranteeing the book's excellent long-term preservation and stability, while also maintaining the original spine compartments and gilt decoration.

measuring approximately 26 x 21 cm

Collation: (6) xcii, (22) 469pp. (57) — detailing the preliminary unsigned gatherings/half-titles, the extensive introductory notes in roman numerals (xcii), intermediate registers, the primary text spanning 469 pages, and the final unpaginated index or supplementary leaves



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Plinio Segundo (Plinii Caecilii Secundi) - C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Panegyricus - 1738-1738

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Plínio Segundo (Plinii Caecilii Secundi) Panegyricus in Latin, Amsterdam 1738 first edition in full leather binding with gilt decoration, 469 pages, 26 × 21 cm.

Plinio Segundo (Plinii Caecilii Secundi) - C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Panegyricus - 1738-1738

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Plínio Segundo (Plinii Caecilii Secundi) Panegyricus in Latin, Amsterdam 1738 first edition in full leather binding with gilt decoration, 469 pages, 26 × 21 cm.

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