The secrets and wonders of the world A booke right rare and straunge, containing many excellent properties, giuen to man, beastes, foules, fishes and serpents, trees, plants &c. Abstracted out of that excellent naturall historiographer Plinie. Translated out of French into English.
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dc.contributor.author | Pliny, the Elder. |
dc.contributor.author | Alday, John, attributed name. |
dc.contributor.author | I. A. |
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dc.date.created | 1585 |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12 |
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dc.description.abstract | A translation of Pierre de Changy's French abstract of Pliny's "Naturalis historia". A previous edition (STC 20031) had translator's initials I.A., i.e. John Alday?. Printer's name from STC. Signatures: A² B-H⁴ I² . Running title reads: Secrets and wonders of the worlde. The last leaf is blank. Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works. |
dc.title | The secrets and wonders of the world A booke right rare and straunge, containing many excellent properties, giuen to man, beastes, foules, fishes and serpents, trees, plants &c. Abstracted out of that excellent naturall historiographer Plinie. Translated out of French into English. |
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