CONTENTS 



CHAP. 

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Early History of Botany 



Introductory 



Aristotelian Botany 



Medicinal Botany 



Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century) 

 The Encyclopaedia of Bartholomaeus Anglicus and 'The 



Book of Nature' 



The 'Herbarium' of Apuleius Platonicus 



The Latin 'Herbarius' 



The German 'Herbarius' and related Works 

 The 'Hortus Sanitatis' 



Early History of the Herbal in England 

 The 'Herbarium' of Apuleius Platonicus 



Banckes' Herbal 



'The Grete Herball' 



Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and 

 Seventeenth Centuries 



The Herbal in Germany 



The Herbal in the Low Countries 



The Herbal in Italy 



The Herbal in Switzerland 



The Herbal in France 



The Herbal in England 



The Revival of Aristotelian Botany .... 



Evolution of the Art of Plant Description 



The Evolution of Plant Classification .... 

 The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration 

 The Doctrine of Signatures, and Astrological Botany 



Conclusions 



Appendix I 



A Chronological List of the Principal Herbals and Related 

 Botanical Works published between 1470 and 1670 



Appendix II 



A List, in Alphabetical Order, of the Principal Critical and 

 Historical Works dealing with the Subjects discussed in 

 this Book 



Index 



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