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Title: The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)

Author: the Elder Pliny

Translator: John Bostock

Henry T. Riley

Release date: January 6, 2020 [eBook #61113]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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BOHN’S CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.

VOL. IV.


THE
NATURAL HISTORY
OF
PLINY.

TRANSLATED,

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE LATE

JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S.,

AND

H. T. RILEY, Esq., B.A.,
LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCLVI.