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PLINIUS SECUNDUS (GAIUS CAECILIUS)
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The fifth edition of Pliny's famous letters, the Epistolae provide a unique testimony of everyday first century Roman life, including his description of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August 79, during which his uncle Pliny the Elder died, and his request to the Emperor for instructions regarding official policy concerning Christians.
Provenance: Jacopo Tolomei Gucci, of the famous Florentine family of silk merchants, presentation inscription on flyleaf: "Questo Libro è del Convento di S. Michele, e S. Lucia a Mont'Orlando sopra la Lastra a Signa donatoli da me Jacopo Tolomei Gucci questo di 13 Gennaro 1770 ".





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