The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
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"The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)" by the Elder Pliny is an encyclopedic work first published in AD 77. This monumental compilation survives as the largest single work from the Roman Empire, covering an extraordinary range of subjects from astronomy and geography to botany, mineralogy, and art. Pliny gleaned information from ancient authors to recreate the natural world in literary form, presenting nature as a divine force serving humanity.
The work reflects Rome's imperial expansion and includes accounts of exotic creatures and mysterious peoples from the edges of the known world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bostock, John, 1773-1846 |
| Translator | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878 |
| Title | The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny) |
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Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Rowland, Tony Browne, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61113 |
| Release Date | Jan 6, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3582 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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