Excerpt from Pliny the Younger, “Epistle VI, 16”. (The Eruption of Vesuvius: The Shape of a Pine Tree)

Caii Plinii Caecilii Secundi, Epistolarum libros decem cum notis selectis, Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, Amstelaedami, 1734 (Latin version)
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Plinio il Giovane, Lettere Di Plinio Il Giovane: Tradotte in Lingua Italiana, E Dedicate All’illustriss., Ed Eccellentiss. Signore D. Alessandro Albani, Nipote Di Nostro Signore Clemente XI dal Canonico Gio Antonio Tedeschi, Stamperia di Gio Maria Salvioni, Roma, 1717 (Italian version)
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Pliny the Younger, The epistles of Pliny the Younger. Translated from the original Latin. With explanatory notes. In two volumes. Vol 1, Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alex Donaldson, Edinburgh, 1762 (English version)
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