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botany53
plant anatomy7
chemistry6
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physics6
botany, medical5
herbs5
materia medica, vegetable3
materia medica2
angiosperms1

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Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)11
Ray, John (1627-1705)6
Gerard, John (1545-1612)5
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton De (1656-1708)4
Bauhin, Johann (1541-1613)3
Chabre, Dominique (1667)3
Cherler, Johann Heinrich (1570-1610)3
Graffenried, Franz Ludwig Von3
Theophrastus3
Bauhin, Caspar (1560-1624)2

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Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

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Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

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Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris : avec leur usage dans la medecine

Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1656-1708)

1698

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Etymologicon linguæ anglicanæ, seu explicatio vocum anglicarum etymologica ex propriis fontibus, scil. ex linguis duodecim... Omnia alphabetico ordine in quinque distinctas classes digesta

Skinner, Stephen (1623-1667); Henshaw, Thomas (1618-1700)

1671

Edited by Thomas Henshaw. Head-pieces; initials. Imprimatur: leaf pi1. Contents:Prolegomena etymologica -- Etymologicon linguæ Anglicanæ -- Etymologicon botanicum -- Etymologica expositio vocu...

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Seminarium sive plantarium earum arborum, quae post hortos conseri solent : quarum nomina, fructus, ite[m] etiam conserendi vocabula apud authores bene recepta hoc libello declarantur

Estienne, Charles (1504-1564); Estienne, Robert (1503?-1559)

1536

Caption title: Caroli Stephani Seminarium, siue mauis appellare plantarium earum arboru[m], quas post hortos vulgus nostrum conserere solet. Final leaf a blank. Imprint from colophon.

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L'histoire des plantes mis en commentaires par Leonart Fuschs medecin tresrenomme : Et nouuellement traduict de Latin en Françoys, avec vraye obseruation de l'auteur, en telle diligence que pourra tesmogner ceste œuure presente

Fuchs, Leonhart (1501-1566); Arnoullet, Balthazar; Guéroult, Guillaume (1559)

1550

"Soit aduerty le lecteur que aux chapitres 208 et 210 les figures sont mises l'vne au lieu de lautre" - p.[7].

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Phytobasanos, sive, Plantarum aliquot historia : in qua describuntur diuersi generis plantae veriores, ac magis facie, viribúsque respondentes antiquorum Theophrasti, Dioscoridis, Plinij, Galeni, aliorúmque delineationibus, ab alijs hucusque non animadversae

Colonna, Fabio (1567-1650); Salviani, Orazio; Colonna, Fabio (1567-1650)

1592

First book with pictures of plants engraved on copper. First word of title transliterated from Greek type. Title vignette: Device of Orazio Salviani. Initials.

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The herball or generall historie of plantes

Gerard, John (1545-1612)

1597

p. 954 is numbered 950, and reads 'fist' for first in the twelth line from the bottom.

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The herball or generall historie of plantes

Gerard, John (1545-1612)

1597

p. 954 is numbered 950, and reads 'fist' for first in the twelth line from the bottom.

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The herball or generall historie of plantes (Up to p.828)

Gerard, John (1545-1612); Johnson, Thomas (1644)

1636

The text is a page for page reprint of the 1633 edition. Engraved title page.

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The herball or generall historie of plantes (p.829 to end)

Gerard, John (1545-1612); Johnson, Thomas (1644)

1636

The text is a page for page reprint of the 1633 edition. Engraved title page.

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