1675 PLINIUS PANEGYRICUS liber TRAIANO DICTUS antique VELLUM BOUND

img{max-width:100%} C. PLINI  (Plinius)PANEGYRICUS liber TRAIANO DICTUS Cum Annotationibus antehac ineditis Dominici Baudii. Iis Accedunt Commentarius Justi Lipsii, integrae notae Joannis Livinaei, Jani Gruteri, Conradi Rittershusii, ac Selectae Variorum.Leiden, (Lugduni Batavorum) , Ex Officina Hackiana, 1675.Size 5 by 7 3/4"Vellum  bound. Very good condition.  Some foxing.Text in Latin.Pliny's only oration that now survives is the Panegyricus Traiani. This was delivered in the Senate in 100 and is a description of Trajan's figure and actions in an adulatory and emphatic form, especially contrasting him with the Emperor Domitian. It is, however, a relevant document that reveals many details about the Emperor's actions in several fields of his administrative power such as taxes, justice, military discipline, and commerce. Recalling the speech in one of his letters, Pliny shrewdly defines his own motives thus:I hoped in the first place to encourage our Emperor in his virtues by a