The Library

Translations

Works that have never been put into English, translated by the press and read here first. Each is the text alone, as its author printed it; the commentary, the notes, and the appendices come later, with the printed book. Club members read every part, with highlights and bookmarks kept on their account and Silas to read aloud.

  1. Castore Durante, 1585The New HerbalHerbario nuovoA Roman physician’s herbal of 1585, every plant with its Latin verse, its names in seven tongues, its form, place, quality, and virtues. A first selection, beginning with the mandrake.11 parts · 8,384 words · 2 free to read

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