tHfi^^INVENTORIE OR INDEX, 



CONTAINING THE CONTENTS OF XXXVil 

 BOOKES, TOVCHING THE HISTORIE OF NATVREi 



WRITTEN BY C. PLINIVS SECVlSrDVS, WHICH IS RECEI- 

 VED FOR THE FIRST BOOKE OF TH EM. 



^ The Summarie of enery 15ook£, - 



He fiift Booke containeth tlie Dedicatorie Epiftle or Preface 

 of the whole vvorke, addreffed to Tttt^s Veffafian the Empe- 

 rour. Alfo the names of the Authors out of which he oathered 

 ,j the Hiftorie, which he profecuteth iii 36 Bookes t togither with 

 the Summarie of every Chapter : & begiiineth. The Books ^^c. 

 The fecond, treateth of the World, Elemetits, and Staires:and beginneth 

 thus, ThewoMj^c^ 

 The third, defcribeth the firftand fecond gulfe, which the Mediterranean fea 

 maketh in Europe : and beginneth in this manner. Hitherto ^^c. 



The.fourth^comprifeth the third gulfe of Europe, beginning. The third,(^c. 

 The fift,containeth the defcription of AfFrickjandbeginneth thus, tA/ricJ^^^c. 

 The fi'xt, handle th the CofmographieofAfiajbeginning thus,rtf/^^f^^^?^,(g^r. 

 The feventh treateth ofman,and his inventions, beginning^T/'^^j' asyeu fee^^c^ 

 The eight fhewech unto uSjland creatures, and their kinds, andbeginnethaf-* 

 ter this manner, Tajje wenow^(^c* 



The ninth, laieth before us all fifhes J and creatures of thewater, beginning in 

 th is wife, f harve thm {hevced^ e^c. 



The tenth ipeakes of flying fouls and birds,and beginneth thus,7f followeth^t^c* 

 The eleventh telleth us of Infecls, and beginneth thiis. It remameth noWy ^r. 

 The twelfth treateth of drugs odoriferous plants, beginning , Tbtis you^^c^ 

 The thirteenth defcribeth ftraunge and forreine trees t beginning with thefe 

 words. Thus far forth ^(^c^ 



The fourteenth fheweth of vine-plants,&c«beginning thus. Thus far forth ^(^ c. 

 The fifteenth comprehendeth all fruitfulltrees5thusbeginning,r/^i?r^ tt^^?r^,(^f* 

 The (i'xteenth defcribeth unto us all wild trees, beginning with, Hitherto,<^c* 

 The feventecnth containeth tame trees within hortyards, and beginneth with 



thefe wo rds, cAs touching the nature 



The eighteenth booke treateth of the nature of corne, and all forts thereof, to^ 

 gither with the profefsion of husbandmen, and agriculture, beginning after 

 this manner, Nowfo!Ioweth,d'c. 



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