Pliny: Natural History (Books 24-27)

592 Pages·1956·21.607 MB·English

by  W. H. S. Jones

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PLINY the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus
(A.D. 23-79), a Roman oi equestrian
rank ofTranspadane Gaul (N. ItaK), was
iincle of Pliny the letter writer. He pur-
sued a career partlvmiiitary in Germany,
jiartlv administrative in Gaul and Spain
under the emperor Vespasian, became
prefect ofthe fleet at Misenum, and died
in the eruption ofVesuvius when he went
to get a closerview and to rescue friends.
Tireless worker, reader, and writer, he
was author of works nov, lost, but his
S^reat haturaJis Hiswria in 37 books with
its vast collection of facts (and alleged
facts) survives-a mine ot intormation
despite its uncritical character. Book 1 :
table of contents of the cjthers and ol
authorities; 2 : mathematical and metro-
logical survev ot the universe; 3-6:
geographv and ethnoaraphv ofthe known
world; 7: anthropolojjv and the phvsio-
logy of man 8-1 zooloav; 12-19:
; i :
botanv, agriculture and horticulture
20-27 plantproductsasusedinmedicine;
:
28-32 medical zoologv; 33-37: minerals
(and medicine), the hne arts and gem-
stones.
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PLINY
NATURAL HISTORY
VII
LIBRI XXIV-XXVII
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PLINY
NATURAL HISTORY
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
IN TEN VOLUMES
VOLUME VII
LIBRI XXIV-XXVII
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W. H. S. JONES, LiTT.D., F.B.A.,
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FirstpTinted1956
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