pPliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic iNatural Historyi, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1 table of contents of the others and of authorities 2 mathematical and metrological survey of the universe 3-6 geography and ethnography of the known world 7 anthropology and the physiology of man 8-11 zoology 12-19 botany, agriculture, and horticulture 20-27 plant products as used in medicine 28-32 medical zoology 33-37 minerals and medicine, the fine arts, and gemstones. pThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Natural History is in ten volumes.p