Book ID: 97625
Hardy, Gavin
Ancient Botany. 2015. (Sciences of Antiquity Series). 238 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The book is perfect for undergraduates, and anyone with an interestingthe history of natural science, it includes illustrations of coins and pottery, and botanical images of medieval manuscripts such as De Materia Medica, as well as a comprehensive bibliography. The study and classification of plants was invented by Aristotle's pupil Theophrastus, and the world of the late antique Dioscorides remained fundamental into early modern times, therefore, this book is of immense value for historians of science for all periods.