Natural History . Volume I : Books 1-2 / / edited by Harris Rackham

• Record Nr.: UNISA996199046403316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 1938
• ISBN: 0-674-99364-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 508
• Soggetti: Natural history
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Bibliographical Note (1991) - Introduction - Natural History - Pliny's Preface - Book I - Book II - Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.