TY - BOOK AU - Pliny,the Elder AU - Bostock,John AU - Riley,Henry T. TI - The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6) AV - QH PY - 2019/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works N1 - 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; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60688 ER -