The natural history of Pliny (Volume VI) With General Index

By John Bostock

Enter the first century Roman world, where curiosity was a civic virtue and every creature, plant, stone, and storm demanded a name. Pliny saw the world whole. In Volume VI of the Pliny the Elder Natural History, John Bostock and H. T. Riley bring you a complete English translation of one of history's boldest surveys of nature and culture, rendered with Victorian clarity and respect for the original Latin. Part roman natural history, part cabinet of wonders, this classical literature volume ranges across ancient science and nature: lands and peoples, the uses of plants, the behaviour of animals, and the lore that gathered around them. Pliny's method is encyclopaedic, but the human voice is always near -- a Roman mind trying to map reality with the tools of his age. For readers drawn to ancient minerals and gemstones as much as to medicine, agriculture, and geography, it remains a foundational ancient Rome scholarship resource and a living pleasure to read. This is a reference edition with index, designed for swift checking as well as deep browsing, and it sits naturally alongside other classical antiquity reference works on any shelf. Ideal for classics students and scholars, yet welcoming to curious general readers, it offers an enduring view of how knowledge was organised before the modern sciences split into separate disciplines. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. For collectors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353700612
• ISBN13: 9789353700614
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"