Pliny Caecilius Secundus, Gaius. Letters, besides the life of it translated and with notes accompanied by Ernst August Schmid. 6 Bl., 468 pp. 17 x 10.5 cm. Cardboard tape d. C. (somewhat more stained and rubbed, joints rubbed). Dessau and Leipzig, Bookstore of the Scholars, 1782. Rarely selected edition of the Epistolae of Plinius Secundus by the Weimar librarian Ernst August Schmid (1746-1809), appeared in the famous self-publishing company of the bookstore of scholars founded in 1781, which had set itself the goal of directly involving authors in the sale of their books and thus the usages of the distribution book trade in the late 18th century. ==References====External links== In 1789 Johann Christian Hermann in Frankfurt published the two-volume complete edition of the letters. – dedication sheet several times old stamped, otherwise well received.