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===by Pliny the Younger===
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|shorttitle=C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus. 
|author=Pliny the Younger
|publoc=Lvgd Batav.
|publisher=Apud Joan. & Danielem Elsevier
|year=1653
|edition=Editio nova
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|pages=12, 404, [28] pages
|desc=14 cm. Willems 732; Copinger 3647. Title in red and black. Printers' device (the Hermit)--on t.p. Head and tail pieces; initials. Reprint of the 1640 edition. Signatures: *¹² A-S¹²
}}Gaius Plinius Secundus or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger Pliny the Younger] (23-79 C.E.) was a Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.<ref>''The Macquarie Dictionary'', s.v. "Pliny," (South Yarra: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd., 2005), accessed October 8, 2013, http://www.credoreference.com/entry/macqdict/pliny/0.</ref> The nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder, he became a senator and governor of Bythnia in c.112. He is noted for his nine books of private letters, which were published between 100–109. His letters are charming pieces on diverse literary, social, and domestic themes that intimately illustrate public and private life in the heyday of the Roman Empire.<ref>''Britannica Concise Encyclopedia'', s.v. "Pliny the Younger," (Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2012), accessed October 8, 2013, http://www.credoreference.com/entry/ebconcise/pliny_the_younger/0 (.)</ref> He is best known for his correspondence with the Emperor Trajan, which provides a unique record of the life of a Roman gentleman and the treatment Christians during this era.<ref>''Philip's Encyclopedia'', s.v. "Pliny (the Younger)," (London: Philip's, 2008), accessed October 8, 2013, http://www.credoreference.com/entry/philipency/pliny_the_younger/0.</ref>
 
==Bibliographic Information==
'''Author:''' Pliny the Younger.

'''Title:'''  ''C. Plinii Cæcilii Secvndi Epistolæ et Panegyricus''.

'''Publication Info:''' Lvgd. Batav.: Apud Joan. & Danielem Elsevier, 1653. 

'''Edition:''' Editio nova; 12, 404, [28] pages.

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Plinii epistolae. 12mo.'' This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed October 8, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing include the 1653 edition based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ""Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 5:7 (no.4630).</ref>

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Title in red and black. Contains head and tail pieces and initials.<br />
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3621158 William & Mary's online catalog].

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