May 18, 2007

Item of the Day: Plinie’s Naturall Historie (1601)

Full Title:
The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the Naturall Historie of C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of Physicke. Printed in London by Adam Islip, 1601.
Excerpt from the Eighth Booke, Chap. XVI. “Of Lions.”
The Lions are then in their kind most strong and courageous, when the haire of their main [...]