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Natural history

Einheitstitel:
Naturalis historia
Objektkategorie:
Elektronische Ressource
Person/Institution:
Plinius Secundus, Gaius (0023-0079)
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Andrews, A. C.
Eichholz, David E. (1906-1991)
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Jones, W. H. S. (1876-1963)
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Rackham, H. (1868-1944)
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Bereitstellende Institution:
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Verlag:
Harvard University Press
Ort:
Cambridge, MA
Entstehungszeit:
1938
Sprache:
Englisch
Abstract:
Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE) produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones, Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. 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 ethnography of the known world; 7: anthropology and the 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. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History is in ten volumes
v. I. Books 1-2 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. II. Books 3-7 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. III. Books 8-11 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. IV. Books 12-16 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. V. Books 17-19 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. VI. Books 20-23 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. VII. Books 24-27 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. VIII. Books 28-32 / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. IX. Books 33-35 / with an English translation by H. Rackham -- v. X. Books 36-37 / with an English translation by D.E. Eichholz
Objekttext:
Pliny
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages

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