Natural History

Name: Natural History
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ISBN: 9780001926677

ISBN-10: 0001926675

ISBN-13: 9780001926677

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Plinyrsquo;s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of assesrsquo; milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History - a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the…

Book details

Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Publication date: 9/9/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English