This page is the beginning of book 2 on the nature of the world, the. This extraordinary work was originally composed and written in classical latin around ad 70, and was divided into thirtyseven books. Natural history, the largest and most important of his works and the. Plinys historia naturalis natural history is a vast encyclopaedic work and the only book. If you can, please make a small donation the average is. Historical traditions at wells, 1464, 1470, 1497 pdf. Book ii continues with natural meteorological events lower in the sky, including the. Goff p786 haincopingerreichling 87 variation bm 15th cent. Read more about the sites features pliny the elder 2379 ce, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic natural history, in 37 books, an unrivaled.
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