Editing Natural History (Pliny) (section)

==Structure==

The ''Natural History'' consists of 37 books. Pliny devised a ''summarium,'' or list of contents, at the beginning of the work that was later interpreted by modern printers as a table of contents.{{sfn|Doody|2010|p=9}} The table below is a summary based on modern names for topics.

{| class="wikitable"
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! align="center" | Volume
! align="center" | Books
! align="left"   | Contents
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | I
| align="center" | 1
| Preface and list of contents, lists of authorities
|-
| align="center" | 2
| [[Astronomy]], [[meteorology]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | II
| align="center" | 3–6
| [[Geography]] and [[ethnography]]
|-
| align="center" | 7
| [[Anthropology]] and human [[physiology]]
|-
| align="center" | III
| align="center" | 8–11
| [[Zoology]], including [[mammal]]s, [[snake]]s, [[marine biology|marine animals]], [[bird]]s, [[insect]]s
|-
| align="center" | IV–VII
| align="center" | 12–27
| [[Botany]], including [[agriculture]], [[horticulture]], especially of the [[Vitis|vine]] and [[olive]], [[Medicine in ancient Rome|medicine]]
|-
| align="center" | VIII
| align="center" | 28–32
| [[Pharmacology]], [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]], [[water]], aquatic life
|-
| align="center" | IX–X
| align="center" | 33–37
| [[Mining#Ancient Greece and Rome|Mining]] and [[mineralogy]], especially as applied to life and art, work in gold and silver,<ref>''Natural History'' XXXIII:154–751</ref> [[sculpture|statuary]] in [[bronze sculpture|bronze]],<ref>''Natural History'' XXXIV</ref> [[art]],<ref>''Natural History'' XXXV:15–941</ref> modelling,<ref>''Natural History'' XXXV:151–851</ref> [[marble sculpture|sculpture in marble]],<ref>''Natural History'' XXXVI</ref> [[Engraved gem|precious stones and gems]]<ref>''Natural History'' XXXVII</ref>
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