Pliny the elder pliny, the elder the online books page. This edition can be found on the internet archive, with the exception of books 3337. Books 33 through 35 deal with ancient greece painting and sculpture and the artists who created those works. Pliny the elder 2379 ce produced in his natural history a vast compendium of roman knowledge. The reading copy of historia naturalis has one illuminated page and thirtyseven illuminated initial letters. Naturalis historia, volume 1 caius plinius secundus full view 1866.
Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the. The 1472 edition of plinys historia naturalis is the second oldest printed book in the university of readings rare book collections, and one of twelve examples of incunabula or early printed books held by the university. Natural history plinii naturalis historia prefatio plinius secundus vespasiano suo s. Borges and italo calvino come to mind the first one had plans for making an edition of pliny in spanish, with his prologue, but died before finishing the project you can. Pliny the elder pliny, the elder a wikipedia article about this author is available pliny, the elder. He wrote the encyclopedic naturalis historia natural history, which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Links to translation of pliny the elder, natural history, by h. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Ideally one should use the cite book template and others like it. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features.
The work is divided into 37 books, organised into ten volumes. Pliny the elders natural history is published in many volumes covering a number of topics, which he differentiates by books. Pliny the elder, naturalis historia, book preface, chapter 1. Letters of marcus tullius cicero and letters of gaius plinius caecilius secundus by cicero, marcus tullius and secundus, gaius plinius caecilius and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Fire takes this or that sand, and melts it, according to the locality, into glass, silver, cinnabar, a lead of one kind or another, b pigments or drugs. The homepage for plinys natural history the historia naturalis of c. I 1 ut nihil instituto operi desit, gemmae supersunt et in artum coacta rerum naturae maiestas, multis nulla parte mirabilior. Libros naturalis historiae, novicium camenis quiritium tuorum opus, natos apud me proxima fetura licentiore epistula narrare 1 constitui tibi, iucundissime imperatorsit enim haec tui praefatio, verissima, dum maximi consenescit in patre. Pliny the elder, the first wine critic and why he still. Gaius plinius secundus 23 ad august 25, 79 ad, better known as pliny the elder, was a roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early roman empire, and personal friend of the emperor vespasian. The major ideas need a page number from those books cited. Gaius plinius secundus ad 232479, called pliny the elder. It is ridiculous to dismiss pliny on account of his many mistakes and factual errors and so on. Gaius plinius secundus 23 ad august 25, 79 ad, better known as pliny the elder, was a roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army.
An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Naturalis historia naturalis historia, 1669 edition, title page. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Pliny the elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic natural history, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of roman knowledge. I ran a first proofreading pass immediately after entering each book.
Libri 1 6, volume 1 ebook written by gaius plinius secundus. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. This ancient roman may have been an author, statesman and military. Volume 1 by pliny the elder and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Podcast for kids nfb radio 101 sermon podcast pauping off all steak no sizzle podcast church of the oranges daily chapel spring 2012. Author pliny the elder country ancient rome subject natural history, ethnography, art, sculpture, mining, mineralogy genre encyclopaedia, popular science the natural history is a work by pliny the elder.
Natural history plinyarchive 1 jump to navigation jump to search. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Fishes which come on land the proper time for catching fish ib 36 classification of fishes according to the shape of the body. Plinius naturalis historia 36, 126f, latein forum. It included chapters on astronomy, geography, medicine, minerals, human beings, animals, and related historical events. Naturalis historia naturgeschichte plinius secundus. Natural history, volume x, books 3637 loeb classical library.
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