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== Pre-modern encyclopedias ==

[[Image:naturalishistoria.jpg|thumb|150px|''Naturalis Historiæ'', 1669 edition, title page]]{{More citations needed section|date=May 2021}}{{Main|History of encyclopedias}}▼

▲[[Image:naturalishistoria.jpg|thumb|150px|''Naturalis Historiæ'', 1669 edition, title page]]~~{{More citations needed section|date=May 2021}}{{Main|History of encyclopedias}}~~

The earliest encyclopedic work to have survived to modern times is the {{Lang|la|[[Naturalis Historia]]}} of [[Pliny the Elder]], a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] statesman living in the 1st century AD.<ref name="humanities" /><ref name="chicago" /><ref name="history">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/encyclopaedia/History-of-encyclopaedias |title=History of Encyclopaedias |website=Britannica |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006151548/https://www.britannica.com/topic/encyclopaedia/History-of-encyclopaedias |archive-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="capsules">{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/encyclopedias-are-time-capsules/419619/ |title=Encyclopedias Are Time Capsules |last=Nobel |first=Justin |date=December 9, 2015 |website=The Atlantic |access-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205195631/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/encyclopedias-are-time-capsules/419619/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> He compiled a work of 37 chapters covering [[natural history]], architecture, medicine, [[geography]], geology, and all aspects of the world around him.<ref name="capsules" /> This work became very popular in [[Classical antiquity|Antiquity]], was one of the first classical manuscripts to be printed in 1470, and has remained popular ever since as a source of information on the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] world, and especially [[Roman art]], [[Roman technology]] and [[Roman engineering]].