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LIBRARY > Digital edition: Lib. Cat. No. PLINY1601 > Essay on the chameleon from Vol. 2, Book 28, Chapter 8 of Naturalis Historia. In The historie of the world. Commonly called, the Naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland doctor of physicke. The second tome. London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1601. 315–316. By Pliny the Elder (b. c.470 BCE, d. in or before 380 BCE), as Englished by Philemon Holland (1552–1637).

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