01830cam a22003373u 4500 60688 UtSlPG 20260610134411.0 m cr n 260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 QH Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79 The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6) Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2019 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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 "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.) Original publication data not identified Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works Bostock, John, 1773-1846 Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60688 101514 101514