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 (Medical Traditions)

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.

• | Author: Quentin Hiernaux, Corentin Tresnie
• | Publisher: De Gruyter
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 251 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3111000168
• | ISBN-13: 9783111000169