[PLINY THE YOUNGER (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus)]. In hoc volumine continentur. C. Plinii Cecilii Secundi epistolarum libri nouem. Eiusdem Plinii libellus epistolarum ad Traianum cum rescriptis eiusdem principis Eiusde panagyricus Traiano Caesari dictus cu enarrationibus Ioannis Mariae Catanaei. Impressum Mediolani apud Alexandrum Minutianum anno salutis. M.D.vi. xv. Calendis. Februarii [1506].
Hardcover. Folio (300 x 210mm), ff. [2], CCXXVIII, [6] (numbered leaves). Signatures: [pi]² a-x⁸ y⁶ z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁶ [rum]⁶, A⁶ B⁸ C-D⁶ [chi]⁶. Title from verso of final leaf. Imprint from colophon (recto of final leaf): 'Omnes sunt quaternioes praeter... ...tabula terniones & primu unione nullo numero notatu. Impressum Mediolani apud Alexandrum Minutianum anno salutis. M.D.vi.xv. Calendis Februarii'. Later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, brown lettering-piece. Latin text in Roman letter interspersed with occasional words and paragraphs in Greek, with surrounding commentary and shoulder notes, in lines of sixty. Index at rear in four columns. Numerous decorative woodcut floriated capitals. Spaces for capitals, with guide letters.
Condition: Collated complete. Binding secure. Contents generally very clean with light browning and occasional insignificant stains and spots. No marginalia or inking. Scarce post-incunabulum.
Note: Edited by Giovanni Maria Cattaneo and printed in Milan, 15th Feb, 1506. [USTC: 819760].
