Selected Letters of Pliny: With Notes for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Constantine Estlin Prichard

9780365236696: Selected Letters of Pliny: With Notes for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0365236691 ISBN 13: 9780365236696

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Excerpt from Selected Letters of Pliny: With Notes for the Use of Schools

The text of this selection of Pliny's letters is that of Keil (leipsic, Keil has prefixed to this (his second edition) an admirable account of the materials extant for a critical edition of the works of the author, and an estimate of their comparative authority. He distinguishes three families of extant mss. The first is represented by the Medicean and Vatican mss. Of these the Vatican, though perhaps the more ancient, contains only the first four books. The Medicean, containing all the letters except those to and from Trajan, must therefore hold the first place in importance.

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