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

Genres: Early Modern History Life Sciences Non-fiction Science

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

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

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