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Natural History

Author : Pliny the Elder
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141913320
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Natural History written by Pliny the Elder and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny's Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History - a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger, described 'as full of variety as nature itself'.

The Natural History of Pliny

Author : Pliny (the Elder)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Pliny written by Pliny (the Elder) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Natural History

Author : Pliny the Elder
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140444130
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Natural History written by Pliny the Elder and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1991-12-03 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny’s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses’ milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History — a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger, described ‘as full of variety as nature itself’. John F. Healy has made a fascinating and varied selection from the Natural History for this clear, modern translation. In his introduction, he discusses the book and its sources topic by topic. This edition also includes a full index and notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Natural History of Pliny

Author : Pliny (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Pliny written by Pliny (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ancient History and Description of the City of Exeter

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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The Natural History of Pliny; Volume 1

Author : Pliny
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342359271
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Pliny; Volume 1 written by Pliny and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Natural History Of Pliny; Volume 2

Author : Pliny (the Elder)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017854596
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book The Natural History Of Pliny; Volume 2 written by Pliny (the Elder) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts

Author : Roy Gibson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900420234X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts written by Roy Gibson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny's Naturalis Historia is a sophisticated encyclopaedia of the riches of the ancient world. The contributors to the present volume represent and join a new generation of critics who have begun to examine the dominant motifs which give shape to the work.

Pliny's Natural History

Author : Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) the elder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Pliny's Natural History written by Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) the elder and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Natural History of Pliny (Vol. 1-6)

Author : Pliny the Elder
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3991 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Pliny (Vol. 1-6) written by Pliny the Elder and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 3991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Pliny's definition, Natural History is a book about the natural world or life. It is the first encyclopedic work in history and a model for later encyclopedias. It is also the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern days. In this book, Pliny covers topics including astronomy, mathematics, geography, ethnography, anthropology, human physiology, zoology, botany, agriculture, horticulture, pharmacology, mining, mineralogy, sculpture, art, and precious stones. In total, the book consists of 10 volumes which contain 37 books. For Pliny, nature was divine. It was a pantheistic concept inspired by the Stoic philosophy. Also, according to this philosophy, the components of nature are described with a view to their role in human life. Pliny devotes a number of the books to plants, focusing on their medicinal value; the books on minerals include descriptions of their uses in architecture, sculpture, art, and jewelry.

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

Author : Pliny the Elder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472521013
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34) written by Pliny the Elder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and common knowledge are combined to present a key snapshot of ancient thought and the Romans' perspective on the world around them. Book VII of The Natural History provides a detailed examination of the human animal and is crucial to understanding the work as a whole. In Pliny's eyes, mankind 'for whose sake nature was created', represents the basis for which the natural world was founded and structured. As a result, the book provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs that were current in Pliny's era. One of the most interesting transitions of subject in The Natural History is that from man to animals (between Books VII and VIII) and for this reason the section on elephants at the beginning of Book VIII is included here, to show how Pliny moves on to his account of the animal he considers 'nearest to the human disposition'. This edition provides the full Latin text accompanied by commentary notes that provide linguistic help and explanations, plus vocabulary lists of Latin terms and an index of proper names. The in-depth introduction provides valuable details about the work's historical, scientific and literary context, as well as an overview of the work's legacy and reception.

The Natural History of Pliny

Author : Pliny (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Natural History of Pliny written by Pliny (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pliny

Author : Pliny (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Pliny the Elder's Natural History

Author : Trevor Murphy
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191532339
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Elder's Natural History written by Trevor Murphy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important surviving encyclopedia from the ancient world, Pliny the Elder's Natural History is unparalleled as a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in first-century Rome. As part of a new direction in classical scholarship, Trevor Murphy reads the work not just for the information it contains, but to understand how and why Pliny collects and presents information as he does. Concentrating on the geographic and ethnographic information in Pliny, Murphy demonstrates the work's political importance. The selection and arrangement of the encyclopedia's material show that it is more than an instrument of reference: it is a monument to the power of Roman imperial society.

Pliny's Natural History

Author : Loyd Haberly
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781258288846
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book Pliny's Natural History written by Loyd Haberly and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Natural History

Author : Pliny (the Elder.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Natural History written by Pliny (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology

Author : John F. Healy
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198146872
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology written by John F. Healy and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elder Pliny's Natural History provides a wide-ranging account of human achievement in the arts and sciences in the first century AD. This book re-examines Pliny's work for the first time since the 1920s. Modern experiments, simulating the techniques described by Pliny, and an in-depth study of his development of a technical language, confirm his unique contribution to our knowledge of science in early imperial Rome.