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"Natural History" is of vital importance for historical-artistic studies because, in its development, it offers a broad corollary of Greek art and Roman collecting. It is therefore not only a great compendium of Roman wisdom from the Early Imperial Age, but a text that collects the findings of an entire civilization, the Greco-Latin. Furthermore, it is a text of enormous importance for the artistic development of the Western world since the Renaissance, since the example of the artists and their works served for the masters of the Modern Age to vindicate the value and status of art. The direct translation from Latin is completed with a good number of explanatory notes. In addition, an extensive introduction studies a series of aspects that help the reader understand the context of the work: the biography of the author, the objective of his writings and his influence in subsequent centuries. The edition is illustrated with a set of ancient engravings inspired by the information offered by the writings on the arts of "Natural History" that, in a visual way, manifests the sustained interest that the study of Antiquity and the writings of Pliny have aroused. since the Renaissance.