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Account of the earlieft Botanical publications on the 
Continent — ^1?^ Book of Nature — ne Herba- 
rius — ne Hortus Sanitatis — neje works the 
hafts of the " Crete HerbaF' in 1516 ; the firfi 
Botanical publication in England — Account af 
that work — Afcham — Copland, both herbalifis 
of the afirologic feSt—Firfl Botanical gardens. 
HORTUS SANITATIS, 
IT was not till feveral years after the 33ra 
of printing, that any original work, 
ftridtly botanical, made its appearance, even 
on the continent; and ftill longer before 
'England produced any publication of in^- 
portance in that way. 
Previous to the firft dawning of this fci-^ 
cnce in England, it is almoft ncceffary to 
mention fome of the productions abroad, as 
they were the bafis of what was here firft 
publiflied, although, in fadl, there was no 
original work before the Herbal of Tur- 
ner. 
In the opinion of Seguier, the firft 
book on plants, with figures, was printed 
at 
