ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The most important surviving encyclopedia from the ancient world, Pliny the Elder's Natural History is unparalleled as a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in first-century Rome. As part of a new direction in classical scholarship, Trevor Murphy reads the work not just for the information it contains, but to understand how and why Pliny collects and presents information as he does. Concentrating on the geographic and ethnographic informationin Pliny, Murphy demonstrates the work's political importance. The selection and arrangement of the encyclopedia's material show that it is more than an instrument of reference: it is a monument to the powerof Roman imperial society. 'Pliny the Elder's Natural History', from first-century Rome, is a guide to the cultural meanings of everyday things in ancient Rome. Concentrating on Pliny's accounts of foreign lands and peoples, monsters, and barbarians, Trevor Murphy demonstrates the political significance of this reference as a monument to the power of Roman imperial society. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: ...
Show/Hide image

Oxford University Press 2004 1st Edition Hardcover Fine. No Jacket Our copy the 2009 reprint.

Oxford University Press 2004 hardcover Very good Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Oxford, England OUP Oxford 2004 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p.

ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Oxford University Press, Date: 2004-05-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199262888 9780199262885 [US]

ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 0199262888, ISBN13: 9780199262885, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Pliny the Elder's Natural History: The Empire in the Encyclopedia. ISBN 0199262888 9780199262885 [GB]