Natural History：A Selection

图书标准信息

• 作者 Pliny the Elder 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1991-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140444131
• 定价 124.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【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.