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LIBER IX · CAPUT 11

WHO FIRST INVENTED THE ART OF CUTTING TORTOISE-SHELL

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Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Testudinum putamina secare in laminas lectosque et repositoria iis vestire Carvilius Pollio instituit, prodigi et sagacis ad luxuriae instrumenta ingenii.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

Carvilius Pollio, a man of prodigal habits and ingenious in inventing the refinements of luxury, was the first to cut the shell of the tortoise into laminæ, and to veneer beds and cabinets with it.