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Author/Creator:

Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?

Contributors:

Pliny, the Elder

Byrne, M. St. Clare (Muriel St. Clare), 1895- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

The Elizabethan zoo [by Topsell, E.]

a book of beasts both fabulous and authentic [by Topsell, E.]

Related Works:

Naturalis historia [by Pliny, the Elder]

Subjects:

Animals — Folklore

Animals, Mythical

Animals

General Notes:

Half-title: The Hasle wood books.
"Of this edition, printed in England...by the Cambridge university press, 525 numbered copies have been issued. This is no. 245."
Extracts from Edward Topsell's Historie of foure footed beastes (1607) and his Historie of serpents (1608) supplemented by additional matter taken from Phllemon Holland's translation of Pliny's Natural history (1601) Edited by M. St. Clare Byrne. cf. Introd.

Physical Description:

xiv, 171 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, folded map ; 27 cm

Call Numbers:

QL89 T6

OCLC Numbers:

1496874