Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Early Modern, Life Sciences

Authors: Agnes Arber In Year : 1912

Book Language: English

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Preface
I: The Early History of Botany
II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century)
III: The Early History of the Herbal in England
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 1. The Herbal in Germany
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 2. The Herbal in the Low Countries
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 3. The Herbal in Italy
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 4. The Herbal in Switzerland
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 5. The Herbal in France
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 6. The Herbal in England
IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany
V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description
VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification
VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration
VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany
IX: Conclusions

Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach