The Natural History

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dictionary
gptkbp:author Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:contains information on agriculture
information on animals
information on anthropology
information on art
information on astronomy
information on geography
information on medicine
information on minerals
information on plants
information on technology
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:dedicatedTo Titus
gptkbp:genre gptkb:dictionary
natural history
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Isidore_of_Seville
gptkb:Julius_Solinus
gptkb:Philemon_Holland
gptkbp:hasModernEdition gptkb:Oxford_Classical_Texts
gptkb:Teubner_edition
gptkb:Loeb_Classical_Library
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Natural History
gptkbp:influenced Renaissance science
medieval encyclopedias
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Theophrastus
Roman tradition
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:manuscript gptkb:Codex_Toletanus
gptkb:Codex_Laurentianus
gptkbp:notableFor comprehensive coverage of ancient knowledge
one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire
early use of scientific method
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 37
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:Naturalis_Historia
gptkbp:partOf classical literature
gptkbp:preservedIn numerous medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate 77 AD
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Historia_Augusta
gptkb:Isidore_of_Seville's_Etymologiae
medieval bestiaries
gptkbp:structure divided into preface and 37 books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:medicine
botany
geography
mineralogy
zoology
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Philemon_Holland_(1601)
John Bostock and H.T. Riley (1855–1857)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saunder_Jurriaans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5