The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79
The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6) - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) Release date is 2019-11-14
Produced by David Starner, Ted Garvin, Tiena, Stephen
Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Produced by David Starner, Ted Garvin, Tiena, Stephen
Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
"The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopedic work first published in AD 77. This monumental Latin text compiles knowledge from across the ancient world, covering everything from geography and ethnography to zoology, botany, mining, and precious stones. The largest surviving work from the Roman Empire, it presents nature as a divine force serving humanity. Pliny died investigating Mount Vesuvius's eruption in AD 79 before completing his final revision, leaving his nephew to publish the remainder posthumously. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
QH
The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6) - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) Release date is 2019-11-14
Produced by David Starner, Ted Garvin, Tiena, Stephen
Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Produced by David Starner, Ted Garvin, Tiena, Stephen
Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
"The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopedic work first published in AD 77. This monumental Latin text compiles knowledge from across the ancient world, covering everything from geography and ethnography to zoology, botany, mining, and precious stones. The largest surviving work from the Roman Empire, it presents nature as a divine force serving humanity. Pliny died investigating Mount Vesuvius's eruption in AD 79 before completing his final revision, leaving his nephew to publish the remainder posthumously. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
QH