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Philemon Holland

(Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637)

Portrait of Philemon Holland (1552–1637), aged 80, from the title page of his translation of Xenophon’s Cyrupaedia (1632). Engraving by William Marshall (fl 1617–1649), after an original drawing by Henry Holland (1583–c1650), son of Philemon.
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Philemon Holland (1552 – 9 February 1637) was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's Britannia into English. (From Wikipedia)

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  • [Info] Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, trans.: Britannia (in Latin and English), by William Camden, ed. by Dana F. Sutton (HTML at the Philological Museum)
  • [Info] Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, trans.: Pliny's Natural History, in Thirty-Seven Books (3 volumes in 1, covering first ten books; no further volumes in this edition; London: Printed for the Club by G. Barclay, 1847-1849), by Pliny the Elder, ed. by Wernerian Club
  • [Info] Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, trans.: The Romane Historie Written by T. Livius of Padua; Also, The Breviaries of L. Florus; With a Chronology to the Whole Historie; and the Topography of Rome In Old Time (with additional material; London: Printed by W. Hunt for G. Sawbridge, 1659), by Livy, contrib. by Lucius Annaeus Florus, Johann Freinsheim, and Bartolomeo Marliani
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