Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; From the preface to the first edition; Introduction; 1. The early history of botany; 2. The earliest printed herbals (fifteenth century; 3. The early history of the herbal in England; 4. The botanical renaissance of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; 5. The evolution of the art of plant description; 6. The evolution of plant classification; 7. The evolution of the art of botanical illustration; 8. The doctrine of signatures, and astrological botany; Conclusion; Appendices; Index.