Ancient natural history : histories of nature /

French, R. K.

Ancient natural history : histories of nature / Roger French. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. - xxii, 357 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Sciences of antiquity . - Sciences of antiquity. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-348) and index.

1. Aristotle and the Natures of Things -- 2. Theophrastus, Plants and Elephants -- 3. Geography and Natural History -- 4. Greece and Rome -- 5. The Natural History of Pliny -- 6. Animals and Parables.

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Natural history--History.
Science, Ancient.

QH15 / .F74 1994

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