[Travillian] supplies the Latin, a commentary with helpful, school-style grammatical as well as generous background information ... [and] extensive notes on [Pliny's] style; his later reception, and further reading ... [A]n admirably wide-ranging edition, well-suited to introducing to a wide audience both Pliny himself and the realisation that, for a Roman, the world was a place of wonders.

Classics For All Reviews

This meticulous edition brings a complete book of the Natural History within the reach of an advanced Latin class for the first time ... Book 7 of the Natural History is a weird, fun read. It is also currently the best served book of the Natural History in English, in that Mary Beagon has produced a translation and a scholarly commentary on the translated text that complements Travillian's edition of the Latin text for students.

Classics Ireland

[T]his collection promotes the value of Latin and Greek.

Revue des Etudes Anciennes (Bloomsbury Translation)

Students and scholars alike will welcome Dr. Travillian's stimulating and useful presentation of this fascinating and often overlooked text. It is especially pleasing to have an accessible text of Pliny's treatment of elephants, creatures he rightly believes capable of teaching us about ourselves and the world we (and they) inhabit.

Loren J. Samons II, Professor of Classical Studies, Boston University, USA