Note 2 — Chapter III · THE CICADA: THE TRANSFORMATION
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1500–1577), known as Matthiolus, a physician and naturalist who practised at Siena and Rome. His Commentaries on Dioscorides were published in Italian, at Venice, in 1544 and in Latin in 1554.—Translator’s Note. ↑