Exoticorum libri decem Exoticorum libri decem Exoticorum libri decem ("Ten books of exotic life forms") is an illustrated zoological and botanical compendium in Latin, published at Leiden in 1605 by Charles de l'Écluse. On the title page the author's name appears in its well-known Latin form Carolus Clusius. The full title is: "Exoticorum libri decem, quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur" ("Ten books of exotica: the history and uses of animals, plants, aromatics and other natural products from distant lands"). Clusius was not only an original biologist but also a remarkable linguist. He became well known as a translator and
Pabitra Kumar Deka and Swarnalata Deka. His father was a government officer in the Agriculture Department. The family settled in Guwahati in the early 1960s. After his retirement from office, Mahendra Nath Deka started "M.N. Deka Films", a film distribution company, which released many Assamese and Bengali films in the sixties and seventies. Pabitra Kumar Deka, the eldest son, attended Nagaon Government High School and earned a degree in Commerce from Nowgong College. During his college days, he acted in and directed a number of one-act and full-length plays in Nagaon. In the one-act play competition held in Nagaon Natya Mandir in 1960,