1. The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary.
by SHERWIN-WHITE, A.N., 
Price: USD 240.00
Dealer: ZVAB, Scrinium Classical Antiquity
Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985. (Reissued ed.with corrections). XV,808p. Original red gilt titled cloth. Spine slightly bumped. It might be possible that the (blank) page before the title page has been torn out. Signature on free endpaper. Else fine. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. 'If this review concentrates upon a small part, by bulk, of Mr. Sherwin-White's large and splendid new book, namely the introductions to the whole work and to the correspondence with Trajan, that is merely because (a) everyone concerned with the history of the Roman empire must go to the commentators on the individual letters, and the riches there to be found cannot be catalogued in a review, and (b) the introduction are a foundation for, and a summing-up of, the work of the commentary. (.) Sherwin-White convincingly defends the authenticity of Pliny's Letters as correspondence. (.) The question of authenticity leads on naturally to their chronology. (.) There is a special excursus on the chronology of the extortion trials, in which a matter comes up which is much more important than chronology. (.). An interesting section of the introduction is devoted to who Pliny's correspondents were - what kind of people, of what status or background. The conclusion, with which there need be no quarrel, is that Pliny was no snob or name-dropper; the circle of friends is not particularly illustrious (though some rose high later), and is just what you would expect to be the real friends of a new 'provincial' consular with no military pretensions. (.) The second introduction, to Book X, the Trajan letters, contains sections on the chronology of those letters and its relation to Pliny's Bithynian journeys, on the purpose of the collection and whether it is complete or 'doctored', on the 'chancery' element in Trajan's replies, and on the philosophy and technique of imperial government implied by it all. (.) We have long awaited this commentary, with high hopes; we are not disappointed. Pliny's Letters, so vital a source for the social and economic history of the haut empire, demand a commentator of deep and varied erudition; Sherwin-White possesses it, and his notes display a knowledge of Roman law, private and public, of prosopography, of land tenure and tenancy, of architecture, of the early Church, and of all else, that is relevant, which besides being impressive in itself, illuminates not only the passages under discussion by the whole history of Roman institutions.' (JOHN CROOK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1967, pp.311-14). Antiquarian [Aalten, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1985]  

2. The Letters of Pliny. A History and Social Commentary.
by Sherwin-White, A. N.: 
Price: USD 250.00
Dealer: ZVAB, Antiquariat Alte Seiten - Jochen Mitter
Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxf., Clarendon Press, (1985).] Hardcover XV,805 S., Die angegebenen Versandkosten gelten bei AbeBooks und ZVAB nur für Bücher bis zum Gewicht von 1000 g (Bücher- / Warensendung). Über höhere Versandkosten bei schwereren Büchern werden Sie von uns informiert. - Wegen der EPR-Bestimmungen liefern wir nicht nach Bulgarien, Estland, Griechenland, Irland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Kroatien, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien und Ungarn. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005 [Göttingen, Germany] [Publication Year: 1985]  

3. The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary.
by SHERWIN WHITE AN. A. N. 
Price: USD 260.40
Dealer: Biblio, Scrinium Classical Antiquity
Description: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985. (Reissued ed.with corrections). XV,808p. Original red gilt titled cloth. Spine slightly bumped. It might be possible that the (blank) page before the title page has been torn out. Signature on free endpaper. Else fine. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. 'If this review concentrates upon a small part, by bulk, of Mr. Sherwin-White's large and splendid new book, namely the introductions to the whole work and to the correspondence with Trajan, that is merely because (a) everyone concerned with the history of the Roman empire must go to the commentators on the individual letters, and the riches there to be found cannot be catalogued in a review, and (b) the introduction are a foundation for, and a summing-up of, the work of the commentary. (...) Sherwin-White convincingly defends the authenticity of Pliny's Letters as correspondence. (...) The question of authenticity leads on naturally to their chronology. (...) There is a special excursus on the chronology of the extortion trials, in which a matter comes up which is much more important than chronology. (...). An interesting section of the introduction is devoted to who Pliny's correspondents were - what kind of people, of what status or background. The conclusion, with which there need be no quarrel, is that Pliny was no snob or name-dropper; the circle of friends is not particularly illustrious (though some rose high later), and is just what you would expect to be the real friends of a new 'provincial' consular with no military pretensions. (...) The second introduction, to Book X, the Trajan letters, contains sections on the chronology of those letters and its relation to Pliny's Bithynian journeys, on the purpose of the collection and whether it is complete or 'doctored', on the 'chancery' element in Trajan's replies, and on the philosophy and technique of imperial government implied by it all. (...) We have long awaited this commentary, with high hopes; we are not disappointed. Pliny's Letters, so vital a source for the social and economic history of the haut empire, demand a commentator of deep and varied erudition; Sherwin-White possesses it, and his notes display a knowledge of Roman law, private and public, of prosopography, of land tenure and tenancy, of architecture, of the early Church, and of all else, that is relevant, which besides being impressive in itself, illuminates not only the passages under discussion by the whole history of Roman institutions.' (JOHN CROOK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1967, pp.311-14). ISBN 0198144350 9780198144359 [NL] 

4. The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary.
by SHERWIN-WHITE, A.N., 
Price: USD 264.55
Dealer: Abebooks, Scrinium Classical Antiquity
Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985. (Reissued ed.with corrections). XV,808p. Original red gilt titled cloth. Spine slightly bumped. It might be possible that the (blank) page before the title page has been torn out. Signature on free endpaper. Else fine. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. 'If this review concentrates upon a small part, by bulk, of Mr. Sherwin-White's large and splendid new book, namely the introductions to the whole work and to the correspondence with Trajan, that is merely because (a) everyone concerned with the history of the Roman empire must go to the commentators on the individual letters, and the riches there to be found cannot be catalogued in a review, and (b) the introduction are a foundation for, and a summing-up of, the work of the commentary. (.) Sherwin-White convincingly defends the authenticity of Pliny's Letters as correspondence. (.) The question of authenticity leads on naturally to their chronology. (.) There is a special excursus on the chronology of the extortion trials, in which a matter comes up which is much more important than chronology. (.). An interesting section of the introduction is devoted to who Pliny's correspondents were - what kind of people, of what status or background. The conclusion, with which there need be no quarrel, is that Pliny was no snob or name-dropper; the circle of friends is not particularly illustrious (though some rose high later), and is just what you would expect to be the real friends of a new 'provincial' consular with no military pretensions. (.) The second introduction, to Book X, the Trajan letters, contains sections on the chronology of those letters and its relation to Pliny's Bithynian journeys, on the purpose of the collection and whether it is complete or 'doctored', on the 'chancery' element in Trajan's replies, and on the philosophy and technique of imperial government implied by it all. (.) We have long awaited this commentary, with high hopes; we are not disappointed. Pliny's Letters, so vital a source for the social and economic history of the haut empire, demand a commentator of deep and varied erudition; Sherwin-White possesses it, and his notes display a knowledge of Roman law, private and public, of prosopography, of land tenure and tenancy, of architecture, of the early Church, and of all else, that is relevant, which besides being impressive in itself, illuminates not only the passages under discussion by the whole history of Roman institutions.' (JOHN CROOK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1967, pp.311-14). Antiquarian [Aalten, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1985]  

5. The Letters of Pliny. A History and Social Commentary.
by Sherwin-White, A. N.: 
Price: USD 275.57
Dealer: AbebooksDE, Antiquariat Alte Seiten - Jochen Mitter
Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxf., Clarendon Press, (1985).] Hardcover XV,805 S., Die angegebenen Versandkosten gelten bei AbeBooks und ZVAB nur für Bücher bis zum Gewicht von 1000 g (Bücher- / Warensendung). Über höhere Versandkosten bei schwereren Büchern werden Sie von uns informiert. - Wegen der EPR-Bestimmungen liefern wir nicht nach Bulgarien, Estland, Griechenland, Irland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Kroatien, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien und Ungarn. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1005 [Göttingen, Germany] [Publication Year: 1985]  

6. The Letters of Pliny: A Historical and Social Commentary
by Pliny; Sherwin White A. N. 
Price: USD 300.00
Dealer: Biblio, Old Saratoga Books
Description: London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, page edges smudged, . jacket lightly soiled.. Date: 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0198144350 . Red cloth. xvi, 808pp. Abbreviations list, biographical summaries, appendices, notes, and index. This book tries to set each letter in its social, political, legal or literary context, and present a conspectus of modern opinion about them. (from the front jacket panel); 8vo 8" - 9" tall . 1968. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198144350 9780198144359 [US] 

7. The Letters of Pliny: A Historical and Social Commentary
by Sherwin-White, A. N. 
Price: USD 1209.02
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Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover 0198144350 [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 1985]  

8. The Letters of Pliny A Historical and Social Commentary (Hardback)
by Sherwin-White, A. N. 
Price: USD 2946.41
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Description: ISBN10: 0198144350, ISBN13: 9780198144359, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 1985]