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 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.) 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) Original publication data not identified Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works QH Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62704 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62704 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134438.0 62704