TY - BOOK AU - Pliny,the Elder AU - Bostock,John AU - Riley,Henry T. TI - The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) AV - QH PY - 2018/// 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 2018-07-12; Produced by Turgut Dincer, 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 N2 - "The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopedic work published beginning in AD 77. The largest single work surviving from the Roman Empire, it compiles knowledge on an astonishing range of subjects—from astronomy and geography to zoology, botany, mining, and art. Pliny defines his scope as "the natural world, or life," presenting nature as a coherent whole serving humanity. Written at night while he served Emperor Vespasian, this ambitious compilation became a model for all later encyclopedias. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57493 ER -