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A basilisk, in [Jacobus Salgado], A Brief Description of the Nature of the Basilisk, or Cockatrice
c. 1680
The British Library
London, United Kingdom
Comprising just two pages, this pamphlet lives up to its name: A Brief Description of the Basilisk. It was written by James Salgado, a Protestant refugee from Spain who settled in England. Around 1680, Salgado displayed a basilisk given to him by a Dutch doctor. He wrote this pamphlet to accompany the spectacle, describing the beast as yellow, with a crown-like crest and a cockerel’s body attached to a serpent’s tail. This creature is portrayed having just killed a man. Shown here: title-page
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- Title: A basilisk, in [Jacobus Salgado], A Brief Description of the Nature of the Basilisk, or Cockatrice
- Date Created: c. 1680
- Location: British Library, London, UK
- Type: Printed book
- Original Source: 1256.d.9.
- Rights: Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. For more information visit: https://www.bl.uk/help/how-to-reuse-images-of-unpublished-manuscripts
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