01901cam a22003373u 4500 62704 UtSlPG 20260610134438.0 m cr n 260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 QH Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79 The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2020 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 2020-07-19 Produced by Turgut Dincer, Mr. Franco Sogliani, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopaedic work published in AD 77. This final volume forms part of the largest single work surviving from the Roman Empire, spanning 37 books across diverse subjects from astronomy to precious stones. Pliny compiled knowledge from ancient authors to recreate the natural world in literary form, viewing nature as divine and created to serve humanity. Written during nights between his duties as imperial administrator, this monumental work influenced encyclopaedias for centuries to come. (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/62704 103528 103528