Natural History, Volume VIII - Books 28–32

About the author

William Henry Samuel Jones (1876–1963) was an ancient historian and President of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Summary

Pliny the Elder 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.

Product details

• Authors: Pliny, Pliny the Elder
• Assisted by: W. H. S. Jones (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1963
• EAN: 9780674994607
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99460-7
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 162 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Index
• Series: Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays