Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Pliny’s life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Pliny, in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introduction to the ‘Natural History’
* ‘Natural History’ translated by John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley, 1855
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Detailed table of contents for the entire 37 books
* Easily locate the chapters you want to read
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Pliny’s ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translation
NATURAL HISTORY
The Latin Text
CONTENTS OF THE LATIN TEXT
The Biographies
THE LIFE OF PLINY by Suetonius
INTRODUCTION TO PLINY THE ELDER by H. Rackham
