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Pliny: Natural History (Books 24-27)

By W. H. S. Jones

Book information

Year
1956
ISBN
0674994329, 9780674994324
Open Library ID
OL7694189M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22656244 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library No. 393
Volume
7
Pages
576\592
Time added
2016-09-29 19:05:16

Description

Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities; 2: mathematical and metrological survey of the universe; 3-6: geography and ethnography of the known world; 7: anthropology and the physiology of man; 8-11: zoology; 12-19: botany, agriculture, and horticulture; 20-27: plant products as used in medicine; 28-32: medical zoology; 33-37: minerals (and medicine), the fine arts, and gemstones. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History is in ten volumes.

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