ISBN: 9780674993648

An unrivaled compendium of ancient Roman knowledge.Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23–79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny … Mehr…

An unrivaled compendium of ancient Roman knowledge.Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23–79), a Roman of equestrian rank of Transpadane Gaul (N. Italy), was uncle of Pliny the letter writer. He pursued a career partly military in Germany, partly administrative in Gaul and Spain under the emperor Vespasian, and became prefect of the fleet at Misenum. He died in the eruption of Vesuvius when he went to get a closer view and to rescue friends. Tireless worker, reader, and writer, he was author of works now lost; but his great Natural History in thirty-seven books with its vast collection of facts (and alleged facts) survives—a mine of information despite its uncritical character.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. Trade Books>Hardcover>Classics>Coll Classics>Harvard&LOEB, Harvard University Press Core >2<

2001, ISBN: 9780674993648

[ED: Buch], [PU: Harvard University Press], Neuware - Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic 'Natural History,' in 37 books, an unrivaled compendiu… Mehr…

[ED: Buch], [PU: Harvard University Press], Neuware - 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., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 170x113x20 mm, 400, [GW: 254g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

ISBN: 9780674993648

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Harvard University Press], Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic "Natural History," in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of R… Mehr…

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Harvard University Press], 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., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 400, [GW: 254g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

1989, ISBN: 0674993640

[EAN: 9780674993648], Neubuch, [SC: 5.81], [PU: Harvard University Press 1989-07-01, Cambridge], Language: ENG, Books