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Pliny: Natural History (Books 33-35)

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press; William Heinemann
Year
1961
ISBN
0674994337, 9780674994331
Open Library ID
OL7694190M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18135390 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library 394
Volume
9
Pages
448\448
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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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