The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 · the Elder Pliny
J. BILLING, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, WOKING, SURREY.
Transcriber’s notes: The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been silently corrected. ‘BOOK XII.’ heading is ‘BOOK X.’ in the original and has been corrected. ‘BOOK XIV’ and ‘BOOK XV’ are both titled ‘THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.’ ‘BOOK XIV’ describes the grape vine and ‘BOOK XV’ describes the olive and various other trees. Footnote [1718] ‘See B. xii. c. 95.’ in the original is incorrect and has been changed by the transcriber to read ‘See B. xii. c. 48.’ Footnote [3192] ‘See cc. 35 and 50 of this Book.’ in the original is incorrect and has been changed by the transcriber to read ‘See cc. 35 and 45 of this Book.’ Footnote [3236] Refers to chapter 70 of book XVII which does not exist. In ‘GREEK AND ROMAN MONEY’ the following changes have been made:— Obolus, G 1-1/2 .5 pence. Silver. now reads:— Obolus, G 1-1/2 pence + .5 farthings. Silver. Quadrans. R 53,125 farthing. Copper. now reads:— Quadrans. R .53125 farthings. Copper.
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