The longest-living author of this work died in 1991, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 31 years or less. As this work's copyright was not renewed, it entered the public domain on 1 January 1967. at least 27 years after they were first published/registered but not later than 31 December in the 28th year. Works published in 1938 would have had to renew their copyright in either 1965 or 1966, i.e. See also the Rutgers copyright renewal records for further information.For all records since 1978, search the U.S.For other renewal records of publications between 1922–1950 see the University of Pennsylvania copyright records scans.For Class A renewals records ( books only) published between 19, check the Stanford University Copyright Renewal Database.This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) before 1964, and copyright was not renewed. īook XXVIII: Treats of remedies and natural medicines.īook XXXVI: Treats of gemstones and other precious stones. To understand his treatment of this subject it is necessary to examine the diseases he dealt with and the nature of the remedies he prescribed. Parasitic plants.īook XVII: Continues the subject of arboriculture from previous book.īook XVIII: Deals with cereal agriculture.īook XIX: With the cultivation of flax and other plants used for fabrics, and with vegetable gardening.īook XX: Are concerned with the uses of trees, plants and flowers, especially in medicine. Classification of animals by varieties of bodily structure-animal and human physiology.īook XII: Deals with trees-their various qualities.īook XIII: Gives foreign trees and their use in supplying scent, fruit, paper and wood.īook XIV: Discusses vine-growing and varieties of wine.īook XV: Olives, olive-oil and fruit-trees.īook XVI: Forest trees, their nature and varieties their value for timber and other commodities. Appendix on other viviparous species, passing on to animals in general-their methods of reproduction, senses, nutrition, friendship and hostility between different species, sleep.īook XI: Insects, their physiology and habits-especially bees, silk-worms, spiders. There are considerable passages on their economic aspects-the use of fish as food, pearls, dyes obtained from fish, and on their physiology, sensory and reproductive.īook X: Ornithology: hawks trained for fowling birds of evil omen domestication of birds for food talking birds reproduction. ![]() The matter-of-fact title, in place of some fanciful label, indicates the author's aim, and the practical object of the work is aided by the table of contents that forms Book I, enabling the reader to turn to any particular subject that he desires to look up.īook I: Table of Contents of the remaining thirty-six Books, the contents of each Book being followed by a list of the previous writers used as authorities.īook II (see Book I init.): Cosmology, astronomy, meteorology, geography, geology.īook III: Southern Spain Southern Gaul Italy the Western Mediterranean and Ionian and Adriatic Islands the countries round the north of the Adriatic.īook IV: Greece and the rest of the Balkan Peninsula the islands of the Eastern Mediterranean the Black Sea and the countries west of it Northern Europe.īook V: North Africa the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor.īook VI: Countries from the Black Sea to India Persia Arabia Ethiopia the Nile valley.īook VII: Treats of the human race-its biology, physiology and psychology.īook VIII: Deals with various mammals, wild and domesticated and among them are introduced snakes, crocodiles and lizards.īook IX: Treats aquatic species, including Nereids, Tritons and the sea-serpent. The authorities drawn upon are faithfully recorded. Its compilation has occupied the leisure left to the author by the claims of public duty. The subject does not admit of an elevated style-the treatise is a plain record of the facts of Nature, designed for utility and not for entertainment. ![]() The author goes on to say that this dedication places the work outside the class of books intended for the general reader, and invites serious criticism. The reference to him in §3 dates the passage: see above. the ruling Emperor Vespasian's son, Titus, his successor as Princeps, who had already been vested with Imperium and Tribunicia Potestas). ![]() This is in the form of a covering letter from Pliny, to accompany the gift of his treatise on Natural History to his friend Vespasian Caesar ( i.e. ![]() If you would like to help, please see Help:Match and split and Help:Proofread. A scan-backed, verifiable version of this work can be edited at Index:Natural History (Rackham, Jones, & Eichholz) - Vol 01.djvu.
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