Pllnius Caecllius Secundus, Caius (62-116) 
Two letters of Pliny the Younger (ii,17; 
v,6) in which, according to the Encyclopaedia 
Britannica, 11th ed. (1911), ’’he elaborately 
describes his Laurentine and his Tuscan villa” 
are of interest here, M. L, Gothein, Geschich- 
te der gartenkunst, 2. aufl,, 1:104-112 (1926), 
describes at some length the ’’Tusci”, typifying 
the plan of the Roman villa, and briefly refers 
to the ”Laurentinum”. 
Among English translations of Pliny’s let¬ 
ters, the one by William Melmoth (London, 1746), 
has had numerous editions. Sieveking, p.15-18, 
quotes frcan this the letter to Apollinaris (v, 
6) on his Tuscan villa. 
There are almost innumerable editions of the 
letters, and commentaries on them, but the fol¬ 
lowing titles relate especially to the topic of 
Pliny’s villas. CJ. 3. 
Pliny’s two epistles (ii, 17; v, 6) containing an ex¬ 
act description of his villas Laurentinum and Tuscumr Lat¬ 
in and English, with large remarks. (In: Castell, Rob¬ 
ert. Villas of the ancients, illustrated by the author. 
London, 1728. F*.) (Watt, Bib. Brit.; Bib. Nat. Paris) 
Varie descrizioni di ville di C. Plinio Secondo, nuo- 
vamente tradotte nella lingua volgare da A. Manucci [Al¬ 
dus ManutiusJ. Roma, Per li Santi & Compagn., 1588. 
(Brit. Mus.) 
Extracts from Pliny’s epistles; edited by M. 
A. Abagaro. 
See Krubsachius, Friedrich August. Wahrscheinlicher 
entwurf von des jtlngern Plinius landhause und garten, in 
der toscanischen gegend gelegen. Leipzig, 1763. 
See Krubsachius, Friedrich August. Wahrscheinlicher 
entwurf, von des Jtlngern Plinius landhause und garten 
Laurens genannt. Leipzig, 1760. 
See Marquez, Pietro Giuseppe. Delle ville di Plinio 
il Giovane. Roma, 1796. 
