Andrea Cesalpino's ›de Plantis Libri XVI‹ (1583) and the Transformation of Medical Botany in the 16th Century Edition, Translation, and Commentary on Book I |
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Author:
| Hiernaux, Quentin Tresnie, Corentin |
Series title: | Medical Traditions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-11-100110-4 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2023 |
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $135.00USD $164.99USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1583 the Italian botanist and physician Andrea Cesalpino (1524-1603) published De Plantis Libri XVI, made of 16 books (libri), considered to be the first treatise where botany is treated independently from medicine. In so doing, he broke with a long tradition inherited in Western science from Antiquity and perpetuated during the Middle Age through the early Renaissance. De Plantis lays the foundations of scientific systematics through a new focus on plant morphology and natural...
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In 1583 the Italian botanist and physician Andrea Cesalpino (1524-1603) published De Plantis Libri XVI, made of 16 books (libri), considered to be the first treatise where botany is treated independently from medicine. In so doing, he broke with a long tradition inherited in Western science from Antiquity and perpetuated during the Middle Age through the early Renaissance. De Plantis lays the foundations of scientific systematics through a new focus on plant morphology and natural similarities and became a milestone in the history of Western botany. It is a precious testimony to the evolution of botanical and physiological knowledge in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and illustrates the role of Aristotelian philosophy in 16th-century knowledge. The volume includes an introductory essay about Cesalpino's philosophy and botany, a critical edition of the Latin text, a translation, a commentary, and indexes. It should interest scholars in Renaissance studies, historians, and philosophers of science and medicine, as well as botanists and plant scientists curious about the history of plant sciences.