Pliny on Paper Making: Being an Extract from the Naturalis Historia of C. Plinius Secundus

First Edition, First Printing. From a limited edition of 25 copies, this one is unnumbered. Near fine in original yellow cloth, mild spotting to spine. Translation of the only description in classical literature of the making of paper from papyrus. Pliny was killed in Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius on 79 A.D. Thin sextodecimo. 4.75 x 7.5 in. 14 pp. A lovely collector's copy.