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Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670
Agnes Robertson Arber
Between 1470 and 1670 the printed herbal was born, flourished, and faded, and Agnes Arber traced every branch of that family tree. From Aristotelian botany through the encyclopedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus to the great illustrated volumes, she shows how plant books became plant science. Still the standard history of the herbal, written with a botanist's precision. Essential background for anyone who loves old plant lore.
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36 chapters
- 1HERBALS
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5FIGURES IN THE TEXT1
- 6CHAPTER I THE EARLY HISTORY OF BOTANY
- 71. Introductory.
- 82. Aristotelian Botany.
- 93. Medicinal Botany.
- 10CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST PRINTED HERBALS
- 111. The Encyclopædia of Bartholomæus Anglicus and ‘The Book of Nature.’
- 122. The Herbarium of Apuleius Platonicus.
- 133. The Latin Herbarius.
- 144. The German Herbarius and related Works.
- 155. The Hortus Sanitatis.
- 16CHAPTER III THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE HERBAL IN ENGLAND
- 171. The Herbarium of Apuleius Platonicus.
- 182. Banckes’ Herbal.
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