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Pliny: Natural History (Books 1-2)

By H. Rackham

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1938
ISBN
0674993640, 9780674993648
Open Library ID
OL7694126M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12669969 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library No. 330
Volume
1
Edition
Revised
Pages
400\412
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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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