Ornithology in Antiquity

Williamsburg: Virginia Gazette, 1958. Paperback. Good. 4to, pp. [6], i-iv, 33, [5]. Firm binding; no loose pages. Cover has minor rippling with small liquid stain on upper right. Printed with dark red ink. A good facsimile of this historic work from the 17th century. A Brief & True Copy Concerning Ornithology in Antiquity: Being a True Copy of a Seventeenth Century Translation of the Most Important Writings on Birds of the World in 77 A. D. Originally published in London in 1634. This edition edited by B. J. Woodson and F. E. Woodson (Tulsa, OK), 1958. Printed by the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, VA. 33 pages.

From the Foreword: "Ornithology in Antiquity is a True Copy of the tenth booke of the First English Translation of Plinius Secondus' Historica Naturalis published in 77 A. D. Philemon Holland translated this English Version of the History of the World in 1601 and Adam Fflip printed it in London in 1634."