Conrad Gesner - Conradi Gesneri Historia plantarum Walderbeere

''Historia Plantarum'' (also called ''Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum'') is an extensive

botanical Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

encyclopedia by the Swiss natural scientist,

Conrad Gessner Conrad Gessner (; la, Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his tale ...

(1516 – 1565). Although compiled between 1555 and 1565, it was not published till after 1750, since he died of the plague, prior to its completion. To complete the work, he amassed a collection of some 1,500 drawings of plants, most of which were his own work. The scale and scientific rigour were unusual for the time, and Gessner was a skilled artist, producing detailed drawings of specific plant parts that illustrated their characteristics, with extensive marginal notation discussing their growth form and habitation.

Reprints

* Heinrich Zoller, Martin Steinmann (ed.): ''Conrad Gesner: Conradi Gesneri Historia plantarum''. Gesamtausgabe. Urs-Graf-Verlag, Dietikon-Zürich 1987/1991

References

Bibliography

* * Botany books 1750 books History of botany {{botany-book-stub