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Andrea Cesalpino's >De Plantis Libri XVI: Edition, Translation, and Commentary on Book I

Andrea Cesalpino's >De Plantis Libri XVI: Edition, Translation, and Commentary on Book I

Hiernaux, Quentin
Tresnie, Corentin

Hardcover

Series: Medical Traditions, Book 9

Ancient History GeneralGeneral World HistoryItalian History

ISBN10: 3111000168
ISBN13: 9783111000169
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Jul 24 2023
Pages: 267
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

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.

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