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

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

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  • Genres: 
    Early modern
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Provider: Librivox
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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

Chapters

  • 01
    Preface
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    I: The Early History of Botany
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    II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century)
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    III: The Early History of the Herbal in England
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 1. The Herbal in Germany
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 2. The Herbal in the Low Countries
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 3. The Herbal in Italy
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 4. The Herbal in Switzerland
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 5. The Herbal in France
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 6. The Herbal in England
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    IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany
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    V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description
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    VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification
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    VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration
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    VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany
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    IX: Conclusions
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