The Pliny, the Elder 24?-79 creator Bostock, John 1773-1846 Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 1816-1878 text utu 2020 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopedic work first published in AD 77. This monumental compilation survives as the largest single work from the Roman Empire, covering an extraordinary range of subjects from astronomy and geography to botany, mineralogy, and art. Pliny gleaned information from ancient authors to recreate the natural world in literary form, presenting nature as a divine force serving humanity. The work reflects Rome's imperial expansion and includes accounts of exotic creatures and mysterious peoples from the edges of the known world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) Release date is 2020-01-06 Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works QH Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61113 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61113 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134417.0 61113