The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)Front matterJohn Bostock translationChapter navigation14 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.PREFACETHE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PLINY.BOOK I.34 DEDICATION. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN.BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. (continued 2)BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. (continued 3)BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. INTRODUCTION.BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. INTRODUCTION. (continued 2)BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.BOOK V. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.BOOK V. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. (continued 2)APPENDIX OF CORRECTIONS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.All chapters and sections (14)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.PREFACETHE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PLINY.Books122233455Book 5 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX OF CORRECTIONS.BOHN’S CLASSICAL LIBRARY. PLINY’S NATURAL HISTORY.◇THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY. →