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Pliny: Natural History (Books 20-23)

By W. H. S. Jones

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1951
ISBN
0674994310, 9780674994317
Open Library ID
OL7694188M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (21752198 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library No. 392
Volume
6
Pages
560\576
Time added
2016-09-29 17:12:04

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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