Open AccessPliny's encyclopedia: the reception of the Natural history
Author(s) -
Aude Doody
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
choice reviews online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1523-8253
pISSN - 0009-4978
DOI - 10.5860/choice.48-4022
Subject(s) - encyclopedia , natural history , history , natural (archaeology) , classics , literature , art , philosophy , archaeology , linguistics , medicine
. How to read an encyclopedia 1. Science and encyclopedism: the originality of the Natural History 2. Diderot's Pliny and the politics of the encyclopedia 3. Finding facts: the Summarium in the early printed editions 4. Specialist readings: art and medicine from the Natural History Conclusion. Changing approaches to Pliny's Natural History Bibliography Index.
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