Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution. Agnes Robertson Arber

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       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

       INDEX

      FIGURES IN THE TEXT1

      [The initial letters, which will be found at the beginning of each chapter, are taken from Pierre Belon’s ‘Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouvées en Grece, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges, … Imprimé à Paris par Benoist Prévost.’ 1553.]