Ancient Botany
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus'' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides'' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder''s Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus'' On Plants, and Galen'' On Simple Remedies, but also includes le...
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus'' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides'' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder''s Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus'' On Plants, and Galen'' On Simple Remedies, but also includes le...