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C. Plinij Secundi Veronensis Historiae naturalis libri xxxvij (1513)

Pliny, the Elder · Impressus Venetiis summa diligentia : Per Melchiorem Sessam · leaf 457

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Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia -- Illustrations · Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works · Papyrus (The plant) -- Early works to 1800

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