Pliny the younger

C. Plinii Cæc. Sec. Epist. Lib. IX.

Eiusdem & Traiani imp. Epist. amoebææ. Eiusdem Pl. et Pacati, Mamertini, Nazarii, Panegyrici. Item, Claudiani Panegyrici. Adiunctæ sunt Isaaci Casauboni Notæ in epist. Variæ lectiones ultra præcedentes, in hac posteriori editione margini accesserunt.

12mo (in 8s). [128 x 83 x 47 mm]. 448, 445 pp. Contemporary Oxford binding of dark calf, the covers tooled in blind with a triple fillet border and an oval arabesque centre block. The spine with three raised bands flanked with blind fillets, hatched in blind at the head and foot and on the edges of the boards adjacent to the spine, rough turn-ins with pasteboard and tawed skin sewing supports exposed, front free endleaf from a manuscript with musical notation, and printed waste at the rear, red edges. (The spine and corners a little worn). Stock no. ebc2993.
Coloniæ Allobrogum [i.e. Geneva]: excudebat Iacobus Stoer, 1610.

A very good copy in a well preserved Oxford binding. The centrepiece is XXV in Ker, Fragments of Medieval Manuscripts used as Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings with a Survey of Oxford Binding c.1515-1620. It is noted on two volumes, with 1561 and 1585 imprints. Pearson, Oxford Bookbinding 1500-1640 adds a third example, dated 1617. Other characteristic features of an Oxford binding include the hatching at the head and foot of the spine and on the board edges (see Pearson Table 2). A musical manuscript has been used as an endleaf at the front and printed waste at the rear.

There is an ink ownership inscription, dated 1641, at the rear.