Natural history
- Author/Creator:
- Pliny, the Elder
- Publication/Creation:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1938-1963
- Resource Type:
- Book
More Details
Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Natural history / Pliny ; with an English translation by H. Rackham
- Uniform Title:
- Naturalis historia.
- Series Titles:
- Loeb classical library ; 330, 352-353, 370-371, 392-394, 418-419
Loeb classical library ; 330, 352-353, 370-371, 392-394, 418-419.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944, translator
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Natural history--Pre-Linnean works
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Vol. 1. Introduction ; Plinys preface ; Book I ; Book II -- Vol. 2. Prefatory note ; Introduction ; Book III ; Book IV ; Book V ; Book VI ; Book VII ; Index of people ; Geographical index -- Vol. 3. Preface ; Introduction ; Book VIII ; Book IX ; Book X ; Book XI ; Index ; Vol. 4. Introduction ; Book XII ; Book XIII ; Book XIV ; Book XV ; Book XVI ; Index of persons -- Vol. 5. Introduction ; Book XVII ; Book XVIII ; Book XIX ; Index ; Vol. 6. Preface ; Introduction ; Book XX ; Book XXI ; Book XXII ; Book XXIII ; Index -- Vol. 7. Preface ; Introduction ; Book XXIV ; Book XXV ; Book XXVI ; Book XXVII ; Additional notes ; Index of plants ; List of diseases and affections ; Index of names -- Vol 8. Introduction ; Book XXVIII ; Book XXIX ; Book XXX ; Book XXXI ; Book XXXII ; Additional notes ; Popular medicine in ancient Italy ; List of diseases and affections mentioned by Pliny ; Index of fishes -- Vol. 9. Introduction ; Book XXXIII ; Book XXXIV ; Book XXXV ; Index of artists Museographic ; Index of minerals -- Vol. 10. Preface ; Introduction ; Book XXXVI ; Book XXXVII ; Index of artists Museographic ; Index of architecture and engineering ; Index of minerals.
- Summary:
- PLINY, the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny the letter writer. He pursued a career partly military in Germany, partly administrative in Gaul and Spain under the emperor Vespasian, and became prefect of the fleet at Misenum. He died in the eruption of Vesuvius when he went to get a closer view and to rescue friends. Tireless worker, reader, and writer, he was author of works now lost; but his great Natural History in 37 books with its vast collection of facts (and alleged facts) survives -- a mine of information despite its uncritical character. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities ; 2: mathematical and metrological survey of the universe; 3-6: Geography and ehtnography of the known world; 7: anthropology and physiology of man; 8-11: zoology; 12-19: botany, agriculture, and horticulture; 20-27: plant products as used in medicine; 28-32: medical zoology; 33-37: minerals (and medicine), the fine arts, and gemstones.
- Language:
- English
Latin - Language Note:
- Latin and English on opposite pages.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 10 volumes ; 17 cm.
- General Note:
- Includes indexes.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990012384880302486
- ISBN:
- 0674993640
9780674993648
0434993301
9780434993307
0674993888
9780674993884
0674993896
9780674993891
0674994086
9780674994089
0674994094
9780674994096
0674994310
9780674994317
0674994329
9780674994324
0674994604
9780674994607
0674994337
9780674994331
0674994612
9780674994614 - OCLC Number:
- 313293
00313293 - Barcode:
- 000015275984
000011138537
000011103470
010002767862
000015275968
000015275967
010002773421
010000504456
000011157977
000011157979
000015275985
010000710578
000011139171
000011152491
000015275882
Tools
- Cite
- Export as RIS
-
Direct Link
Direct Link
Direct Link URL
- Staff View