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.
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