# Naturalis Historia 0.33

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Praefatio. Latin.

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33] Quia occupationibus tuis publico bono parcendum erat, quid singulis contineretur libris, huic epistulae subiunxi summaque cura, ne legendos eos haberes, operam dedi. tu per hoc et aliis praestabis ne perlegant, sed, ut quisque desiderabit aliquid, id tantum quaerat et sciat quo loco inveniat. hoc ante me fecit in litteris nostris Valerius Soranus in libris, quos epoptidwn inscripsit. Pliny the Elder The Latin Library The Classics Page

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