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Plinys natural history is an astonishingly ambitious work that ran. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2003, and was written by victoria finlay. Natural history encyclopedic scientific work by pliny the. The work, which was largely complete by 77 ce, is divided into 37 books and covers such subjects as botany, zoology, and astronomy. The great american novel and the best onethatgotawaystory ever told. The foreword to this important biography is written by entomologist leslie o. Review of this book in the journal science is laid in at the front. The ideal natural history book in that it shows not only wild nature, but mans place in it. Natural history museum buildings at south kensington and tring and. The natural history of pliny, volume 1 of 6 by pliny, the elder author. For the first time, natural histories allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldomseen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the american museum of natural historys rare book collection. Popular natural history books goodreads share book. The work is divided into 37 books, organised into ten volumes. Use the list below to locate a specific specialist bookseller or book store near you.
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