Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670
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HERBALS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FIGURES IN THE TEXT1
CHAPTER I THE EARLY HISTORY OF BOTANY
1. Introductory.
2. Aristotelian Botany.
3. Medicinal Botany.
CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST PRINTED HERBALS
1. The Encyclopædia of Bartholomæus Anglicus and ‘The Book of Nature.’
2. The Herbarium of Apuleius Platonicus.
3. The Latin Herbarius.
4. The German Herbarius and related Works.
5. The Hortus Sanitatis.
CHAPTER III THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE HERBAL IN ENGLAND
1. The Herbarium of Apuleius Platonicus.
2. Banckes’ Herbal.
3. The Grete Herball.
CHAPTER IV THE BOTANICAL RENAISSANCE OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
1. The Herbal in Germany.
2. The Herbal in the Low Countries.
3. The Herbal in Italy.
4. The Herbal in Switzerland.
5. The Herbal in France.
6. The Herbal in England.
7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany.
CHAPTER V THE EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF PLANT DESCRIPTION
CHAPTER VI THE EVOLUTION OF PLANT CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER VII THE EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
CHAPTER VIII THE DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES AND ASTROLOGICAL BOTANY
CHAPTER IX CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX
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