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Andrea Cesalpino's ›De Plantis Libri XVI‹ (1583) and the Transformation of Medical Botany in the 16th Century

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Published/Copyright: 2023
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Volume 9 | Medical Traditions

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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.

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Quentin Hiernaux, FNRS-Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Corentin Tresnie, FNRS-Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

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    Frontmatter

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    Foreword

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    Table of Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    List of figures

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    Introduction

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    Part I: An Introductory Essay

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    Part II: Latin Text and Facing English Translation

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    Part III: Commentary

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    Part IV: Appendices

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eBook published on:
July 24, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9783111001104
Hardcover published on:
July 24, 2023
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111000169
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Front matter:
16
Main content:
251
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10
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39
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111001104
eBook ISBN: 9783111001104
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111000169
Keywords for this book
Renaissance; aristotelism; taxonomy; plant sciences
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Historians of science and medecine, philosophers of science, renaissance studies scholars, plant scientists
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