. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. IV] The Herbal in Germany 65 It must nevertheless be admitted that, even if their quaHty was poor, the herbals published by Egenolph and his successors did good service in disseminating some knowledge of the plant world among a very wide public. There is, in the British Museum, a beautiful copy of the 1536 edition, with a binding stamped in gold and bear- ing the arms of Mary, Duchess of Suffolk, daughter of Henry VII. The duchess may perhaps have inherited a taste for herbals from he
. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670. Botany; Botany; Herbals. IV] The Herbal in Germany 65 It must nevertheless be admitted that, even if their quaHty was poor, the herbals published by Egenolph and his successors did good service in disseminating some knowledge of the plant world among a very wide public. There is, in the British Museum, a beautiful copy of the 1536 edition, with a binding stamped in gold and bear- ing the arms of Mary, Duchess of Suffolk, daughter of Henry VII. The duchess may perhaps have inherited a taste for herbals from her father, for the British Museum also possesses a copy of V^rard's translation of the ' Ortus Sanitatis,' which is known to have been pur- chased by him. JE«»0pfFd. Vulgago. Panisporcinus« Ciclamen* Malum rorac. Atthanita. Bothormar letu. Text-fig. 33. "'Erdopffel" = HanuHcuhis _^carm L., Lesser Celandine [Rhodion, Kreutterbuch, 1533]- Among the German Fathers of Botany, Sprengel in- cludes a comparatively little known name, that of Valerius Cordus (1515—1544), a man whose actual achievement was small, but who, if he had not died so young, would probably have become one of the most famous of the earlier herbalists. His father, Euricius Cordus, was a physician, botanist, and man of letters, so Valerius was brought up in a fortunate environment. At sixteen he graduated at the University of Marburg, and, after studying in various towns,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arber, Agnes Robertson, 1879-1960. Cambridge, University press
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