Abstract: The land of Satin presents natural wonders through a museum-like prism, which confirms that this may be an initial version of Medamothi, so serial, cumulative, and paradoxically disappointing is the representation of singularities, while the splendors discussed in The Fourth Book are so full of promise. Reflecting contemporary debates on the lures and pitfalls of curiosity, these episodes written in the shadow of Pliny make space for criticism on the writing of wonders.
