Epistemic Practices and Plant Classification in Premodern European Botanical Knowledge
Fabrizio Baldassarri
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Epistemic Practices and Plant Classification in Premodern European Botanical Knowledge

An Interdisciplinary Treatment

Herausgeber: Baldassarri, Fabrizio
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This volume aims to uncover the diverse approach to plants in the Renaissance and seventeenth century that paved the way for a definition of botany as a fully-fledged discipline. Its scope expands beyond the natural historical interest in collections and the fabrication of materia medica: moving from Varchi, Matthioli and Bauhin to Locke, Pinelli, and Linnaeus, among others, the contributions collected here connect practical and theoretical features, dealing with the challenges that characterized any involvement with plants. The authors focus on the linguistic shortcomings, problems in authent...