Quentin Hiernaux, Corentin Tresnie

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Medical Traditions 9
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 22mm x 170mm x 240mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9783111000169
• Artikelnr.: 68265570

Autorenporträt

Quentin Hiernaux, FNRS-Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Corentin Tresnie, FNRS-Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.