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Natural history
Abstract
Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
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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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| Description | *Natural history / Pliny Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014 1 online resource |
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| Note | Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages. Formato html - Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL419/1962/volume.xml |
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| ISBN | 9780674994614 | |
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| Series | Loeb Classical Library , 330, 352-353, 370-371, 392-394 | |
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| Publication year | 1938 | |
| Contents note | v. I. Books 1-2 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. II. Books 3-7 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. III. Books 8-11 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. IV. Books 12-16 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. V. Books 17-19 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. VI. Books 20-23 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. VII. Books 24-27 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. VIII. Books 28-32 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. IX. Books 33-35 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. X. Books 36-37 / with an English translation by D.E. Eichholz |