"Pliny The Younger - Panegyric Of Trajan. Paris, Chez Brocas, 1772. Contemporary Binding."
PLINY THE YOUNGER - Panegyric of Trajan. Paris, Chez Brocas, 1772; in-12, XXIV-264 pp., contemporary full marbled calfskin binding, decorated smooth spine, painted edges, title label in bottle green morocco. Pliny the Younger (Caius Cœcilius Plinius Secundus) Roman writer and politician, lived in the 1st century AD. He was one of the direct witnesses to the eruption of Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Translation by M. de Sacy. Good condition.