Natural History：A Selection

作者 Pliny the Elder著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1991年12月第1版
ISBN 9780140444131
定价 124.90

内容简介

Pliny's"NaturalHistory"isanastonishinglyambitiousworkthatrangesfromastronomytoartandfromgeographytozoology.Minglingacuteobservationwithoftenwildspeculation,itoffersafascinatingviewoftheworldasitwasunderstoodinthefirstcenturyAD,whetherdescribingthedangerofdivingforsponges,thefirstwater-clock,ortheuseofasses'milktoremovewrinkles.PlinyhimselfdiedwhileinvestigatingthevolcaniceruptionthatdestroyedPompeiiinAD79,andthenaturalcuriositythatbroughtabouthisdeathisalsoverymuchevidentinthe"NaturalHistory"-abookthatprovedhighlyinfluentialrightupuntiltheRenaissanceandthathisnephew,Plinytheyounger,described'asfullofvarietyasnatureitself'.

作者简介

GaiusPliniusSecundus(23-79AD),betterknownasPlinytheElder,studiedbotanyandphilosophyinRomebeforeservinginthemilitary.HewaslaterPorcuratorinGallia,whilstcontinuingtoaccumulateknowledgeoneverythingfromgrammartothehistoryoftheGermanwars.Hecreatedthefirstknownencyclopedia.

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