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

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

Year of Publication: 1912Genres: Life Sciences , Early Modern

Running Time: 05 hours 25 minutes 51 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Josh Leach	9:36
2	I: The Early History of Botany Josh Leach	24:12
3	II: The Earliest Printed Herbals (Fifteenth Century) mokka	27:58
4	III: The Early History of the Herbal in England KevinS	23:53
5	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 1. The Herbal in Germany mokka	23:49
6	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 2. The Herbal in the Low Countries Shashank Jakhmola	15:59
7	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 3. The Herbal in Italy Shashank Jakhmola	10:36
8	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 4. The Herbal in Switzerland Shashank Jakhmola	13:11
9	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 5. The Herbal in France Lynette Caulkins	3:28
10	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 6. The Herbal in England mokka	31:36
11	IV: The Botanical Renaissance of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, part 7. The Revival of Aristotelian Botany mokka	4:24
12	V: The Evolution of the Art of Plant Description Josh Leach	22:40
13	VI: The Evolution of Plant Classification KHand	27:56
14	VII: The Evolution of the Art of Botanical Illustration KHand	50:11
15	VIII: The Doctrine of Signatures and Astrological Botany KHand	28:31
16	IX: Conclusions KHand	7:51