Recto, above: Elephants Hunted by Troglodytes [Cavemen], from Pliny's Natural History, Book 8, ch. 8; below: The King of Persia hunting on an Island. Verso: Fight between Elephants and Snakes, from Pliny's Natural HIstory, Book 8, ch. 11-12, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and browno ink, brush and brown wash on white laid paper, At top, elephants being attacked by small men equipped with hatchets. In the background, sections of the elephant meat are carried off as the fallen animal is cut up. (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VIII,8).

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