Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	The Early History of Botany
	1. Introductory	1
	2. Aristotelian Botany	2
	3. Medicinal Botany	6
II.	The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century)
	1. The EncyclopÆdia of BartholomÆus Anglicus and ‘The Book of Nature’	10
	2. The ‘Herbarium’ of Apuleius Platonicus	11
	3. The Latin ‘Herbarius’	16
	4. The German ‘Herbarius’ and related Works	18
	5. The ‘Hortus Sanitatis’	25
III.	The Early History of the Herbal in England
	1. The ‘Herbarium’ of Apuleius Platonicus	35
	2. Banckes’ Herbal	38
	3. ‘The Grete Herball’	40
IV.	The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
	1. The Herbal in Germany	47
	2. The Herbal in the Low Countries	70
	3. The Herbal in Italy	79
	4. The Herbal in Switzerland	90
	5. The Herbal in France	98
	6. The Herbal in England	100
	7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany	116
V.	The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description	119
VI.	The Evolution of Plant Classification	134
VII.	The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration	154
VIII.	The Doctrine of Signatures, and Astrological Botany	204
IX.	Conclusions	221
	Appendix I
	A Chronological List of the Principal Herbals and Related Botanical Works published between 1470 and 1670	227
	Appendix II
	A List, in Alphabetical Order, of the Principal Critical and Historical Works dealing with the Subjects discussed in this Book	241
	Index	247

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