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Pliny: Natural History (Books 8-11)

By H. Rackham (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press; William Heinemann
Year
1967
ISBN
0674993896, 9780674993891
Open Library ID
OL7694149M
Language
latinenglish
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22338315 bytes)
Series
Loeb Classical Library 353
Volume
3
Pages
644\644
Time added
2016-09-29 17:11:55

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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