Book ID: 76938
ARBER, Agnes
Herbal Plants and Drugs. Their Origin and Evolution. Reprint 1999. illus. XVIII, 253 p. Hardcover.
The Early History of Botany/ The Earliest Printed Herbals (FifteenthCentury)/ The Early History of the Herbal in England/ The BotanicalRenaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries/ The Evolutionof the Art of Plant Description/ The Evolution of Plant Classification/The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration/ The Doctrine ofSignatures, and Astrological Botany/ Conclusions/ Appendix: A Chronological List of the Principal Herbals and Related Botanical Workspublished between 1470 and 1670, A List (in alphabetical order) of thePrincipal Critical and Historical Works dealing with the Subjectsdiscussed in this Book)