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Natural history

Pliny ; with an English translation by H. Rackham

(The Loeb classical library, 330, 352-353, 370-371, 392-394, 418-419)

Heinemann , Harvard University Press, 1949-1969

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Note

Latin text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

[Vols.] 6-8 translated by W.H.S. Jones

[Vol.] 10 translated by D.E. Eichholz

"Bibliographical note" added (v. 1, 1991)

In some copies, contents on t.p. in English

Contents: 1. Praefatio, libri I, II -- 2. Libri III-VII -- 3. Libri VIII-XI -- 4. Libri XII-XVI -- 5. Libri XVII-XIX -- 6. Libri XX-XXIII -- 7. Libri XXIV-XXVII -- 8. Libri XXVIII-XXXII -- 9. Libri XXXIII-XXXV -- 10. Libri XXXVI-XXXVII

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA05309600
  • ISBN
    • 0674993640
    • 0434993301
    • 0674993888
    • 0674994086
    • 0434993700
    • 0674994094
    • 0434993719
    • 0674994310
    • 0674994329
    • 043499393X
    • 0674994604
    • 0434994189
    • 0674994612
    • 0434994197
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    lateng
  • Original Language Code
    lat
  • Place of Publication
    London,Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    10 v.
  • Size
    17 cm
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