Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany
By Agnes Arber · Running time 05:25:51 · Early Modern, Life Sciences
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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
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