PLINY the Elder
Caius Plinius Secundus.
Born about 24 in Novum Comum, Cisalpine Gaul.
Died in 79 in Stabiae.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
EXTANT WORK
Naturalis historia.
(Natural History).
Latin: Spira (editio princeps, 1469);
• Bussi (1470; see also
1472);
• Perotti (1473);
• Barbarus (corrections, 1493);
• Danes (1532);
• Gelenius (1539; revised in
1545);
• Pintiani, I–XI,
XII–XXV and
XXVI–XXXVI (observations, 1544–1545; see also
1593);
• Saumaise, vol. 1 and
vol. 2 (commentary, 1629);
• Harduin, I–VI,
VII–XI,
XII–XIX,
XX–XXXII and
XXXIII–XXXVII (1685);
• Brotier, I–V,
VI–XI,
XII–XVIII,
XIX–XXV,
XXVI–XXXII and
XXXIII–XXXVII (1779);
• Lemaire edition:
Alexandre, I–II (1827),
Ansart, III–IV and
V–VI (1828–1829),
Ajasson, VII–VIII and
IX–XI (1827–1828),
Desfontaines, XII–XVI,
XVII–XX,
XXI–XXIV and
XXV–XXVII (1829–1830),
Ajasson, XXVIII–XXXII (1829),
Delafosse, XXXIII–XXXVII (1831) and
Pihan Delaforest, Index A–M and
N–Z (1831–1832);
• Sillig, I–VI,
VII–XIII,
XIV–XXII,
XXIII–XXXII and
XXXIII–XXXVII (1831–1836);
• Sillig, I–VI,
VII–XV,
XVI–XXII,
XXIII–XXXI,
XXXII–XXXVII,
Commentaries,
Index A–L and
M–Z (1851–1858);
• Jan, I–VI,
VI–XV,
XVI–XXII,
XXIII–XXXII,
XXXIII–XXXVII and
Indexes (1854–1865);
• Detlefsen, I–VI,
VII–XV,
XVI–XXII,
XXIII–XXXI,
XXXII–XXXVII and
Indexes (1866–1882);
• Müller, vol. 1–5 (corrections, 1877–1882);
• Mayhoff, I–VI (1906, ed. 1967),
VII–XV (1909, ed. 1967),
XVI–XXII (1892),
XXIII–XXX (1897),
XXXI–XXXVII (1897, ed. 1967) and
Indexes (1895–1898, ed. 1980).
Italian: Historia naturale (Cristoforo Landino, 1476; first translation into any language).
English: The History of the World, Commonly Called the Natural History, I–XVIII and
XIX–XXXVII (Philemon Holland, 1601, ed. 1634);
• The First and Thirty-Third Books of Pliny’s Natural History (John Bostock, 1828);
• The Natural History, I–V,
VI–X,
XI–XVII,
XVIII–XXIII,
XXIV–XXXI and
XXXII–XXXVII (John Bostock and Henry Riley, 1855–1857);
• Natural History, I–II (Harris Rackham, 1938, ed. 1967),
III–VII (Harris Rackham, 1942, ed. 1961),
VIII–XI (Harris Rackham, 1940, ed. 1967),
XII–XVI (Harris Rackham, 1945, ed. 1960),
XVII–XIX (Harris Rackham, 1950, ed. 1961),
XX–XXIII (William Jones, 1951, ed. 1961),
XXIV–XXVII (William Jones, 1956, ed. 1966),
XXVIII–XXXII (William Jones, 1963),
XXXIII–XXXV (Harris Rackham, 1952, ed. 1961) and
XXXVI–XXXVII (David Eichholtz, 1962).
French: Le Second Livre (Louis Meigret, 1540; book II);
• Sommaire des singularités de Pline (Pierre de Changy, 1542, ed. 1551; excerpts);
• Les Septième et Huitième Livres (Louis Meigret, 1543; books VII–VIII);
• L’Histoire du monde, I–XVII and
XVIII–XXXVII (Antoine du Pinet, 1562);
• Histoire de la peinture ancienne (David Durand, 1725; from book XXXV);
• Histoire de l’agriculture ancienne (Laurent-Benoît Desplaces, 1765; book XVIII);
• Trois Livres de l’Histoire naturelle (Étienne Falconet, 1772; books XXXIV–XXXVI);
• Histoire naturelle, I–II,
III–VI,
VII–IX,
X–XII,
XIII–XVI,
XVII–XVIII,
XIX–XXII,
XXIII–XXVI,
XXVII–XXVIII,
XXIX–XXXIII,
XXXIV–XXXVIa and
XXXVIb–XXXVII (Louis Poinsinet de Sivry, 1771–1782);
• Morceaux extraits de l’Histoire naturelle (Pierre-Claude-Bernard Guéroult, 1785; excerpts;
extended edition in 1809, vol. 1 and
vol. 2);
• Histoire naturelle des animaux, vol. 1,
vol. 2 and
vol. 3 (Pierre-Claude-Bernard Guéroult, 1802; books VII–XI);
• Histoire naturelle, I,
II,
III–IV,
V,
VI,
VII–VIII,
IX–X,
XI–XII,
XIII–XV,
XVI–XVIIa,
XVIIb–XVIIIa,
XVIIIb–XIX,
XX–XXI,
XXII–XXIII,
XXIV–XXV,
XXVI–XXVII,
XXVIII–XXIX,
XXX–XXXII,
XXXIII–XXXVa and
XXXVb–XXXVII (Stéphane Ajasson de Grandsagne, 1829–1833);
• Histoire naturelle, I–XIX and
XX–XXXVII (Émile Littré, 1848–1850);
• Budé edition: Histoire naturelle, I (Jean Beaujeu, 1951),
II (Jean Beaujeu, 1951),
III (Hubert Zehnacker, 1998),
IV (Alain Silberman and Hubert Zehnacker, 2015),
V.1 (Jehan Desanges, 1980),
VI.2 (Jacques André and Jean Filliozat, 1980),
VI.4 (Jehan Desanges, 2008),
VII (Robert Schilling, 1977),
VIII (Alfred Ernout, 1952),
IX (Eugène de Saint-Denis, 1955),
X (Eugène de Saint-Denis, 1961),
XI (Alfred Ernout and Roger Pépin, 1947),
XII (Alfred Ernout, 1949),
XIII (Alfred Ernout, 1956),
XIV (Jacques André, 1958),
XV (Jacques André, 1960),
XVI (Jacques André, 1962),
XVII (Jacques André, 1964),
XVIII (Henri Le Bonniec, 1972),
XIX (Jacques André, 1964),
XX (Jacques André, 1965),
XXI (Jacques André, 1969),
XXII (Jacques André, 1970),
XXIII (Jacques André, 1971),
XXIV (Jacques André, 1972),
XXV (Jacques André, 1974),
XXVI (Alfred Ernout and Roger Pépin, 1958),
XXVII (Alfred Ernout, 1959),
XXVIII (Alfred Ernout, 1962),
XXIX (Alfred Ernout, 1962),
XXX (Alfred Ernout, 1963),
XXXI (Guy Serbat, 1972),
XXXII (Eugène de Saint-Denis, 1966),
XXXIII (Hubert Zehnacker, 1983),
XXXIV (Henri Le Bonniec, 1953),
XXXV (Jean-Michel Croisille, 1985),
XXXVI (Raymond Bloch, 1981),
XXXVII (Eugène de Saint-Denis, 1972).
Book I (Dedication and Table of Contents).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book II (The World and the Elements).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book III (Countries and Nations).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book IV (Countries and Nations).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book V (Countries and Nations).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book VI (Countries and Nations).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book VII (Man).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book VIII (Terrestrial Animals).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book IX (Aquatic Animals).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book X (Birds).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XI (Insects).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XII (Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XIII (Exotic Trees and Unguents).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XIV (Fruit-Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XV (Fruit-Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XVI (Forest Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XVII (Cultivated Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson, 1–16 and
17–28.
Book XVIII (Grain).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson, 1–57 and
58–90.
Book XIX (Flax and Various Garden Plants).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XX (Remedies Derived from Garden Plants).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXI (Flowers).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXII (Properties of Plants and Fruits).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXIII (Remedies Derived from the Cultivated Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXIV (Remedies Derived from the Forest Trees).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXV (Remedies Derived from Wild Plants).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXVI (Remedies Derived from Wild Plants).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXVII (Remedies Derived from Plants).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXVIII (Remedies Derived from Living Creatures).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXIX (Remedies Derived from Living Creatures).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXX (Remedies Derived from Living Creatures).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXI (Remedies Derived from the Aquatic Productions).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXII (Remedies Derived from Aquatic Animals).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXIII (Metals).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXIV (Metals).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXV (Paintings and Colours).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson, 1–35 and
36–59.
Book XXXVI (Stones).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
Book XXXVII (Precious Stones).
Latin: Jan.
English: Bostock-Riley.
French: Ajasson.
LOST WORKS
De jaculatione equestri.
(On Equestrian Javelin-Throwing).
De vita Pomponi Secundi.
(On the Life of Pomponius Secundus).
Bella Germaniae.
(German Wars).
Studiosus.
(The Lettered Man).
Dubius sermo.
(Grammatical Problems).
A fine Aufidi Bassi.
(Continuation of Aufidius Bassus).
Created on 20 December 2021. Updated on 26 December 2021.
