Table of Contents
The Natural History consists of 37 books. Pliny devised his own table of contents. The table below is a summary based on modern names for topics.
| Volume | Books | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| I | 1 | Preface and tables of contents, lists of authorities |
| 2 | Mathematical and physical description of the world | |
| II | 3 - 6 | Geography and ethnography |
| 7 | Anthropology and human physiology | |
| III | 8 - 11 | Zoology |
| IV - VII | 12 - 27 | Botany, including agriculture, horticulture and pharmacology |
| VIII | 28 - 32 | Pharmacology |
| IX - X | 33 - 37 | Mining and mineralogy, especially in its application to life and art, including: gold casting in silver statuary in bronze painting modelling sculpture in marble precious stones and gems |
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