Leonart historia stirpium commentarij insignes fuchs. Probably the first book which contains not only the names, but also the ports. Historia stirpium commentarii insignes, used abebooks. The first vocabulary of botanical terms is contained in the introduction. This is taken to include botany, general biology, geology, palaeontology and zoology, the lives of naturalists, their publications, correspondence. During the european renaissance, medical treatments were based on botany, but the herbals and other books available to practitioners often inaccurately identified plants. The work covers about 497 plants and has over 500 woodcut illustrations. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution 4. Over 100 of the plants in the book were first descriptions. Kort daarna volgden franse, duitse en nederlandse uitgaven. Esemplare di carlina acaulis definito da fuchs come chamaeleon albus. Foreign visitors to german museums may have noted that the word kunst nowadays denotes a arta, but an older, now obsolete, meaning was a sciencea. The herbal, a compilation of information on the medicinal properties of plants, had declined in the middle ages. Het plantengeslacht fuchsia is in 1703 door charles plumier naar fuchs genoemd.
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Some of the early books printed from moveable type in europe in the late 15th century were herbals, books about the medicinal uses of plants as well as some animal and mineral products. As many as thirtytwo adaptations and translations of this innovative study were published during fuchss lifetime. Accesit iis, succinta admodum vocum quarundam subobscurarum in hoc opere passim occurrentium explanatio. This is taken to include botany, general biology, geology, palaeontology and zoology, the lives of. Its patent success, largely due to its superb and realistic illustrations, was enhanced by an active editorial policy of judicious. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Octavo digital edition by fuchs, leonhart illustrated by albert meyer, heinrich fullmaurer, and veit rudolph speckle. Celebrated herbal the most celebrated herbal in which about 400 german and 100 foreign plants are treated and beautifully illustrated by over 500 fullpage woodcuts. Celebrated herbal the most celebrated herbal in which about 400 german. Request pdf on apr 1, 2003, michael heinrich and others published the great herbal of leonard fuchs 2 vols.
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