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RARE comprehensive historical and social commentary on the letters of Pliny the Younger by the eminent British academic and ancient historian Adrian Nicholas Sherwin-White (1911-1993) who was a fellow of St John`s College, University of Oxford and President of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. His most important works include a study of Roman citizenship based on his doctoral thesis, a treatment of the New Testament from the point of view of Roman law and society, and a commentary on the letters of Pliny the Younger. In the making for about eighteen years, this work was finally published in 1966 - the first such work ever compiled and one not yet replaced. 220x145mm. XVI+808 pages. Red cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket faded. Jacket spine yellowing and dirty. Jacket edges worn and partly tattered. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and most important commentary on the famous collection of private letters of great literary charm, intimately illustrating public and private life in the heyday of the Roman Empire, is in good condition.