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of the “German Fathers of Botany,” that we owe the first definite efforts after a natural system. It is pleasant to remember that Jean Bauhin, to whom his younger brother Gaspard probably owed his first botanical inspiration, was a pupil of Leonhard Fuchs at Tiibingen, so that the latter has a double claim to be associated with the results of the “herbal period” at its best. We began this book with a portrait of Leonhard Fuchs, and we may well conclude with his name—that of the greatest and most typical of sixteenth-century herbalists. APPENDIX. I A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL HERBALS AND RELATED BOTANICAL WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1470 AND 1670, THIS list, which is intended for the botanist rather than the bibliographer, is far from being exhaustive, especially as regards works published in the seventeenth century. In most cases reference is made to first editions only. Subsequent editions and translations, though often numerous and important, are usually not cited unless special mention has been made of them in the text. In cases where such editions are quoted, their titles are placed beneath that of the first edition (ie. under the date of the first edition). Independent works by the same author are, however, arranged chronologically, so that, in this list, all the works of any given author are not placed together, but must be looked for under their respective dates. These dates can generally be ascertained by reference to the text. The author’s name, or, in the case of anonymous works, the title most commonly used, is printed in heavy type. All the works enumerated have been examined personally by the author, except those of which the dates are marked with an asterisk. ? 1470 Bartholomeus Anglicus [Glanville, Bartholomew de]. Liber de pro- prietatibus rerum. Segzms: Incipit prohemium de proprietatibus rerum fratris bartholomei anglici de ordine fratrum minorum. ([?Cologne, ?1470.] [A general work containing one section dealing with plants.| —— (Another Edition). Liber de proprietatibus rerum. [? Westminster, 21495.) [A translation by Trevisa printed by Wynkyn de Worde.| 1475 Konrad von Megenberg [Cfnrat]. Begins: Hye nach volget das ptich der natur.... Hanns Bamler. Augspurg, -75 [=1475]. [A general work containing a section dealing with plants.| I5—2 228 Appendix [ 1478 Albertus Magnus [erroneously attributed to]. Liber aggregationis seu liber secretorum Alberti magni de virtutibus herbarum... (Colophon:) per Johannem de Annunciata de Augusta. 1478. (Another Edition). De virtutibus herbarum. De virtutibus lapidum. De virtutibus animalium et mirabilibus mundi. Thomas Laisne, Rouen. [?1500.] (Another Edition). The boke of secretes of Albartus Magnus, of the vertues of Herbes, stones and certaine beastes. Also a boke of the same author, of the marvaylous thinges of the world.... London. Wyllyam Copland. [? 1560. ] P 1484 Apuleius Platonicus. Segins: Incipit Herbarium Apulei Platonici ad Marcum Agrippam. [J. P. de Lignamine. Rome, ?1484.] 1484 The Latin Herbarius [referred to by various authors as Herbarius in Latino, Aggregator de Simplicibus, Herbarius Moguntinus, Herbarius Patavinus, etc.|. Herbarius Maguntize impressus. [Peter Schéffer. Mainz.] 1484. —— (Another Edition). Begins: Dye prologhe de oversetters uyt den latyn in dyetsche. [Veldener, Kuilenborg.] 1484. [A Flemish translation.] (Another Edition). Begins: Incipit Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum. (Colophon :) Impressum Venetiis per Simonem Papiensem dictum Bivilaquam.... 1499. [Sometimes called ‘ Herbarius Arnoldi de nova villa Avicenna.’] 1485 The German Herbarius [referred to by various authors as the Herbarius zu Teutsch, the German Ortus Sanitatis, the smaller Ortus, Johann von Cube’s Herbal, etc.]}. Begins: Offt und vil habe ich. [Peter Schéffer.] Mencz, 1485. —— (Another Edition). Begins: Offt und vil hab ich. [Sorg.] Augs- purg, 1485. I4g9!I Ortus Sanitatis [Hortus Sanitatis.] Prohemium begins: Omni- potentis eternique dei.... (Colophon :) Jacobus Meydenbach. Moguntia, 1491. —— (Another Edition). (Colophon :) Impressum Venetiis per Bernardinum Benalium: Et Joannem de Cereto de Tridino alias Tacuinum. 1511. —— (Another Edition). Ortus sanitatis translate de latin en francois. Anthoine Verard. Paris, n.d. [? 1501]. (Another Edition). Le jardin de sante translate de latin en francoys nouvellement Imprime a Paris. On les vend a Paris en la rue sainct Jacques a lenseigne de la Rose blanche couronnee. (Colophon :) Imprime a Paris par Philippe le noir. [? 1539.] Appendix I 229 P 1500 Macer, Aimilius [Odo]. Macer floridus De viribus herbarum. [? Paris, ? 1500 circa.] —— (Another Edition). Werbarum varias q vis cognoscere vires Macer adest : disce quo duce doct’ eris. (Colophon :) Impressus Parisius per Magistrum Johannem Seurre. Pro Magistro Petro Bacquelier. 1506. —— (Another Edition). Les fleurs du livre des vertus des herbes, composé jadis en vers Latins par Macer Floride:...Le tout mis en Frangois par M. Lucas Tremblay, Parisien.... Rouen. Martin et Honoré Mallard. 1588. (Another Edition). De viribus herbarum...secundum codices manu- scriptos,..recensuit...Ludovicus Choulant.... Lipsiae, 1832. 1500 Braunschweig, Hieronymus [Jerome of Brunswick]. Liber de arte distillandi. de Simplicibus. Johannes Griieninger. Strassburg, 1500. —- (Another Edition). The vertuose boke of Distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of Herbes...Laurens Andrewe. London, 1427 [=1527]. 1516 Ruellius, Johannes [Ruel, Jean]. Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medicinali materia libri quinque...Impressum est in...Parrhisiorum Gymnasio... in officina Henrici Stephani. 1516. 1517 Czerny, Johann [Johannes Niger de Praga]. Knieha lekarska kteraz slowe herbarz (=Arzneibuch, welches heisst Herbarium) Hieronymus Hdltzel. Niirnberg, 1517*. 1525 Herball. Here begynneth a newe mater, the whiche sheweth and treateth of ye vertues and proprytes of herbes, the whiche is called an Herball. Rycharde Banckes. London, 1525. (Another Edition). Macers Herbal. Practysyd by Docter Lynacro. Robert Wyer. n.d. [London, ?1530.] — (Another Edition). A new Herball of Macer, Translated out of Laten in to Englysshe. Robert Wyer. in saint Martyns paryshe...besyde Charynge Crosse. n.d. London. [?1535.] —— (Another Edition). A boke of the propreties of Herbes called an herball, wherunto is added the tyme ye herbes, Floures and Sedes shoulde be gathered...by W. C.1. Wyllyam Copland. n.d. London. [1550.] (Another Edition). A litle Herball of the properties of Herbes...wyth certayne Additions at the ende of the boke, declaring what Herbes hath influence of certain Sterres...Anthony Askham, Physycyon. Jhon Kynge. London, 1550. 1 The initials “W. C.” may refer either to William Copland or to Walter Cary. 230 A hpendix I Before 1526 Grand Herbier. Le grand Herbier en Francoys: contenant les qualites, vertus et proprietes des herbes, arbres, gommes.... Pierre Sergent. Paris, n.d. —— (Another Edition). The grete herball whiche geveth parfyt knowlege and understandyng of all maner of herbes and there gracyous vertues.... (Colophon :) Peter Treveris. London, 1526. — (Another Edition). The grete herball... (Colofhon:) Imprynted at London...by me Peter Treveris.... 1529. 1529 Theophrastus. Theophrasti de historia, et causis plantarum, Libri Quin- decim. Theodoro Gaza interprete... (Colophon :) Excussum Lutecie, in adibus Christiani Wechel.... 1529. 1530 Brunfelsius, Otho [Brunfels, Otto von]. Herbarum vive eicones... Argentorati apud Joannem Schottum. 1530, 1531, 1536. (Another Edition). Contrafayt Kreiiterbuch...20 Strasszburg bey Hans Schotten. 1532, 1537. 1533 Rhodion, D. Eucharius. Kreutterbuch...Anfenglich von Doctor Johan Cuba zusamen bracht, jetzt widerum new Corrigirt...Mit warer Abconterfeitung aller Kreuter. Zu Franckfurt am Meyn, Bei Christian Egenolph. 1533. [4 large number of editions of this work appeared, edited by Dorstenius, Lonicer and others. | 1536 Amatus Lusitanus [Castello Branco, J. R. de]. Index Dioscoridis...Ex- cudebat Antverpiz Vidua Martini Ceesaris. 1536. Ruellius, Johannes [Ruel, Jean]. De Natura stirpium libri tres. Parisiis. 1536. 1538 Turner, William. Libellus de re herbaria novus, in quo herbarum aliquot nomina greca, latina, et Anglica habes, una cum nominibus officinarum.... Londini apud Joannem Byddellum. 1538. —— (Another Edition). Libellus de re herbaria novus...reprinted in fac- simile, with notes, modern names, and a life of the author, by Benjamin Daydon Jackson. London, 1877. Appendix I 231 1539 Tragus, Hieronymus [Bock, Hieronymus]. New Kreutterbuch von underscheydt, wiirckung und namen der kreutter,...gedruckt zu Strassburg, durch Wendel Rihel. 1539*. — (Another Edition). Kreuter Buch. Wendel Rihel. Strasburg, 1546. (Another Edition). De stirpium, maxime earum, que in Germania nostra nascuntur...nunc in Latinam conversi, Interprete Davide Kybero... (Colophon :) Argentorati Excudebat Wendelinus Rihelius... 1552. 1542 Fuchsius, Leonhardus [Fuchs, Leonhard]. De historia stirpium... Basilez, in officina Isingriniana.... 1542. —— (Another Edition). New Kreiiterbuch. Michael Isingrin. Basell, 1543. (Another Edition). WLeonharti Fuchsii medici, primi de stirpium his- toria commentariorum tomi vive imagines, in exiguam...formam contracte.... Isingrin. Basilez, 1545. Gesnerus, Conradus [Gesner, Konrad]. Catalogus plantarum Latiné, graecé, Germanicé, et Gallicé.... Tiguri apud Christoph. Froschouerum, 1542. 1544 Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas [Mattioli, Pierandrea]. Di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo libri cinque della historia et materia medicinale tradotta in lingua volgare italiana.... Venetia, per Nicolo de Bascarina da Pavone di Brescia, 1544*. Commentaril, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de medica materia.... Venetiis...apud Vincentium Valgrisium. 1554. (Another Edition). Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de Medica materia,... Venetiis, Ex Officina Valgrisiana. 1565. 1548 Turner, William. The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe Duche and Frenche wyth the commune names that Herbaries and Apotecaries use. John Day and Wyllyam Setes. London, 1548. —— (Another Edition). The Names of Herbes, A.D. 1548. Edited by James Britten. London, 1881. 232 Appendix I I551 Turner, William. A new Herball. Steven Mierdman. London, 1551. The seconde parte of Vuilliam Turners herball. Arnold Birckman. Collen, 1562. The first and seconde partes of the Herbal of William Turner...with the Third parte, lately gathered..... Arnold Birckman. Collen. 1568. 1553 Amatus, Lusitanus [Castello Branco, J. R. de]. In Dioscoridis Ana- zarbei de medica materia libros quinque enarrationes...Venetiis, 1553. (Colo- phon:) apud Gualterum scotum. Bellonius, Petrus [Belon, Pierre]. De arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis quoque nonnullis sempiterna fronde virentibus,... Parisiis Apud Gulielmum Cavellat,... 1553. —— Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables, trouvées en Grece, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie, et autres pays estranges,.... (Colophon:) Imprimé a Paris par Benoist Prevost.... 1553. 1554 Dodonzus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Criiydeboeck. (Colo- phon:) Ghedruckt Tantwerpen by Jan vander Loe.... 1554. —— (Another Edition). Histoire des plantes,... Nouvellement traduite...en Francois par Charles de ’Escluse. Jean Loé. Anvers. 1557. [Ja the British Museum there ts a copy of this book, annotated in manuscript by Henry Lyte.| —— (Another Edition). A Nievve Herball, or Historie of Plantes:...nowe first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquyer. At London by me Gerard Dewes.... 1578. 1559 Maranta, Bartholomezeus. Methodi cognoscendorum simplicium libri tres. Venetiis, Ex officina Erasmiana Vincentii. Valgrisii, 1559. 15601 Cordus, Valerius. In hoc volumine continentur Valerii Cordi...Annota- tiones in Pedacii Dioscoridis...de Medica materia...eiusdem Val. Cordi historiz stirpium lib. 1111..... Omnia...Conr. Gesneri...collecta, et preefationibus illustrata. (Colophon :) Argentorati excudebat Josias Rihelius. 1561. 1565 Mizaldus, Antonius [Mizauld, Antoine]. Alexikepus, seu auxiliaris hortus,... Lutetiz, Apud Federicum Morellum.... 1565: — (Another Edition). Artztgarten. ...neuwlich verteutschet durch Georgen Benisch von Bartfeld...zu Basel bey Peter Perna. 1575. Atpendix I 228 1506 Dodonzeus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Frumentorum, legu- minum, palustrium et aquatilium herbarum...historia. Antverpiz, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 15661. 1568 Dodonzus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, Antverpiz, Ex officina Christo- phori Plantini. 1568. 1569 Monardes, Nicolas. Dos libros, el veno que trat a de tod as las cosas que traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales...Impressos en Sevilla en casa de Hernando Diaz.... 1569. — Segunda parte del libro, de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales.... En sevilla En casa Alonso Escrivano. 1571. (Another Edition). Joyfull newes out of the newe founde worlde, wherein is declared the rare and singuler vertues of diverse...Hearbes.... Englished by Jhon Frampton. London, W. Norton, 1577. 1570 Bombast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Ettliche Tractatus des hocher- farnen unnd berumbtesten Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi.... I. Von Natiirlichen dingen. II. Beschreibung etilcher kreiitter. III. Von Metallen. IV. Von Mineralen. V. Von Edlen Gesteinen. Strassburg. Christian Millers Erben. 1570. I1570—1I157I Lobelius, Mathias [de !’Obel or de Lobel, Mathias] and Pena, Petrus [Pena, Pierre]. Stirpium adversaria nova. Londini. 1570. (Colophon:) Londini, 1571. ...excudebat prelum Thomee Purfcetii. (Another Edition). Nova stirpium adversaria,... Antverpiz Apud Christophorum Plantinum. 1576. (Colophon:) Londini, excudebat prelum Thome Purfcetii. (Another Edition). Plantarum seu stirpium historia,...Cui annexum est Adversariorum volumen. Antverpiz, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1576. 3 —— (Another Edition). Kruydtboeck. T’Antwerpen. By Christoffel Plantyn. 1581. 1 E. H. F. Meyer (Geschichte der Botanik, Vol. 4, 1857, p. 344) refers to an edition of this work published in 1565, but I have not been able to verify this date. 234 Appendix [ 1571 Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas [Mattioli, Pierandrea]. Compendium De Plantis omnibus,...de quibus scripsit suis in commentariis in Dioscoridem editis.... Accessit pratterea ad calcem Opusculum de itinere, quo é Verona in Baldum montem Plantarum refertissimum itur...Francisco Calceolario... Venetiis, In Officina Valgrisiana. 1571. Winckler, Nicolaus. Chronica herbarum, florum, seminum,... Auguste Vindelicorum in officina Typographica Michaélis Mangeri. 1571. 1574 Dodonzeus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Purgantium aliarumque eo facientum, tum et Radicum, Convolvulorum ac deleteriarum herbarum ceee histori libri iiii. Antverpize, Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1574. 1575 Carrichter, Bartholomeeus. Kreutterbuch...Gedruckt zu Strassburg... bey Christian Miller. 1575. 1576 Clusus, Carolus [1’Ecluse or l’Escluse, Charles de]. Caroli Clusii atrebat. Rariorum ‘aliquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum Historia,... Antverpiz, Ex officina Christophori Plantini,... 1576. 1578 Thurneisserus, Leonhardus [Thurneisser zum Thurn, Leonhardt]. Historia sive descriptio plantarum.... (Colophon:) Berlini Excudebat Michael Hentzske. 1578. —— (Another Edition). Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer, Ele- mentischer und Natirlicher Wirckungen, Aller fremden unnd Heimischen Erdgewechssen.... (Colofhon:) Gedruckt zu Berlin, bey Michael Hentzsken. 1578. —— (Another Edition). Historia sive descriptio plantarum...Coloniz Agrip- pinz, apud Joannem Gymnicum,... 1587. 1580 Dodonzeus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Historia vitis vinique : et stirpium nonnullarum aliarum. Colonize Apud Maternum Cholinum. 1580, Appendix 7 235 1581 Lobelius, Mathias [de l’Obel or de Lobel, Mathias]. Plantarum seu stirpium icones. Antverpia, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1581. [Zhe Jigures of Clusus, Lobelius and Dodoneus arranged according to the scheme of Lobelius.| 1582—1583 Rauwolff, Leonhard. Leonharti Rauwolfen,...Aigentliche beschreibung der Raiss, so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenlander,... (Colo- phon:) Getruckt zi Laugingen, durch Leonhart Reinmichel. 1582, 1583. [Zhds zs a book of travel, but the fourth part, which has a separate title-page, dated 1583, contains a number of wood-cuts of foreign plants. | 1583 Ceesalpinus, Andreas [Cesalpino, Andrea]. De plantis libri XVl... Florentiz, Apud Georgium Marescottum. 1583. Clusius, Carolus [I’Ecluse or I’Escluse, Charles de]. Car. Clusii atrebatis Rariorum aliquot Stirpium, per Pannoniam, Austriam, et vicinas...Historia... Antverpiz Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1583. Dodonzeus, Rembertus [Dodoens, Rembert]. Stirpium historiz pemp- tades sex sive libri XxX. Antverpiz, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1583. 1584 Linocier, Geofroy. L’histoire des plantes, traduicte de latin en francois : .».a Paris, Chez Charles Macé.... 1584. 1585 Durante, Castor. Herbario Nuovo.... Roma, Per Iacomo Bericchia, e Iacomo Turnierii, 1585. 1586 Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas [Mattioli, Pierandrea]. De plantis Epi- tome utilissima...aucta et locupletata, 4 D. Joachimo Camerario,...accessit,... liber singularis de itinere...in Baldum montem...auctore Francisco Calceolario Francofurtiad Moenum. 1586. 1586—1587 Dalechampius, Jacobus [d’Aléchamps or Daléchamps, Jacques]. His- toria generalis plantarum,... Lugduni, apud Gulielmum Rovillium. 1586, 1587. 236 Appendix I 1588 Camerarius, Joachim. Hortus medicus et philosophicus:... Francofurti ad Moenum. 1588. —— Icones accurate...delineatz praecipuarum stirpium, quarum descrip- tiones tam in Horto..... Impressum Francofurti ad Mcenum. 1588. [TZhese figures are generally bound up with the ‘ Hortus medicus.’| Porta, Johannes Baptista [Porta, Giambattista]. Phytognomonica.... Neapoli, Apud Horatium Saluianum. 1588. 1588-—I591 Theodorus, Jacobus [Theodor, Jacob, or Tabernemontanus, Jacobus Theodorus]. Neuw Kreuterbuch,... [Nicolaus Basszeus] Franckfurt am Mayn. 1588, 1591. (Another Edition). Eicones plantarum seu stirpium. Nicolaus Basszeus, Francofurti ad Moenum, 1590. [7Zhzs edition contains the figures only. | (Another Edition). Neuw vollkommentlich Kreuterbuch,...gemehret, Durch Casparum Bauhinum.... Franckfurt am Mayn, Durch Nicolaum Hoff- man, In verlegung Johannis Basszi und Johann Dreutels. 1613. 1590 Matthiolus, Petrus Andreas [Mattioli, Pierandrea]. Kreuterbuch... gemehrt und gefertigt durch Joachimum Camerarium,...Frankfurt a/M., ge- druckt bei Johann Feyerabend. 1590*. — (Another Edition). ‘Kreutterbuch...gemehret, unnd verfertigt, Durch Joachimum Camerarium...Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn. 1600. 1592 Alpinus, Prosper [Alpino, Prospero]. De plantis A‘gypti.... Venetiis... Apud Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem. 1592. Columna, Fabius [Colonna, Fabio]. @YTOBAZANOC sive plantarum aliquot historia...Ex Officina Horatii Saluiani. Neapoli, 1592. Apud Io. Jacobum Carlinum, et Antonium Pacem. Zaluzian, Adam Zaluziansky von. Methodi herbariz, libri tres. Pragee, in officina Georgii Dacziceni. 1592. 1596 Bauhinus, Caspar [Bauhin, Gaspard]. @YTOTTINA= seu enumeratio plantarum.... Basileae, per Sebastianum Henricpetri. 1596. Appendix [ 237 1597 Gerard, John [Gerarde, John]. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..... Imprinted at London by John Norton. 1597. (Another Edition). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes.... Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothe- carye of London. London, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers. 1633. [Reprinted 1636.]| 1601 Bauhinus, Caspar [Bauhin, Gaspard]. Animadversiones in historiam generalem plantarum Lugduni editam.... Francoforti, Excudebat Melchior Hartmann, Impensis Nicolai Basszi... 1601. Clusius, Carolus [I’Ecluse or |’Escluse, Charles de]. Caroli Clusii atre- batis,...rariorum plantarum historia.... Antverpize Ex officina Plantiniana Apud Joannem Moretum

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