Plantarum seu stirpium historia

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Plantarum seu stirpium historia
Christophori Plantini
Publication date
1576
Pages676
Preceded byStirpium adversaria nova, 1570 
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'Plantarum seu stirpium historia' is an illustrated botanical text by the

Flemish physician Lobelius (Matthias de l'Obel (1538–1616) and published in Antwerp in 1576. Later, he translated it into Flemish
in 1581 with the title Kruydtboeck. This was l'Obel's second work, following publication of the Stirpium adversaria nova in London in 1570. This work was intended as a companion publication to his Stirpium adversaria nova, and incorporates a revised version of the latter, as Nova stirpium adversaria.

History

L'Obel's first work was the Stirpium aduersaria noua,[a][2] published in London in 1571.[b] The Plantarum seu stirpium historia of 1576[3] was intended as a companion piece, and was published in conjunction with a re-issue of Stirpium aduersaria noua, as Nova stirpium adversaria[4] In 1571 l'Obel published his Flemish translation of Plantarum, as Kruydtboeck (Herb book),[5] and in 1605 he reissued the Stirpium.[1]

The Plantarum deals with several subjects, including descriptions and illustrations (more than 2,000) of plants known to l'Obel, with plant names given in Latin, German, English, French, Flemish, Italian, and Spanish. It also includes a history of botany and the use of plants in treating diseases. It was published by

woodcuts which were recycled between all these publications. The work is notable as one of the earliest attempts to classify plants by their natural characteristics rather than medicinal properties. Once Kruydtboeck was published, Plantin issued the engravings as a separate album, arranged according to L'Obel's classification.[1]

Structure

The initial section is the new Stirpium observations (671 pages), which is liberally illustrated, followed by the revised Nova stirpium adversarial. The former contains 1,473 woodcuts. While many of these were reused from other botanical works, principally

Guillaume Rondolet, Lobel's mentor at the University of Montpellier
. This is a 15-page publication entitled Formulae Aliquot Remediorum, Guillielmi Rondelletii, libro de internet remedies omissae.

Contents

L'Obel's classification of plants, outlined in this work, rested primarily on the structure of the leaves leading him to be one of the earlier botanists distinguishing monocotyledons from dicotyledons.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Stirpium, from Latin stirps, a plant. Adversaria - a daybook or journal[1]
  2. ^ Stirpium: Title page inscribed 1570; final page of manuscript (colophon) inscribed 1571

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Arber 1912, pp. 78–79.
  2. ^ l'Obel 1571.
  3. ^ l'Obel 1576b.
  4. ^ l'Obel 1576a.
  5. ^ l'Obel 1581.

Bibliography

Works by l'Obel

  • l'Obel, Matthias de (1571). Stirpium aduersaria noua, perfacilis vestigatio luculentaqne [sic] accessio ad priscorum praesertim Dioscoridis recentiorum materiam medicam quibus prope diem accedet altera pars qua coniectaneorum de plantis appendix, de succis medicatis et metallicis sectio antiquae et nouatae medicinae lectionum remedioru[m] thesaurus opulentissimus de succedantis libellus continentur authoribus Petro Pena & Mathia de Lobel medicis [A new notebook of plants etc.] (in Latin). with Pierre Pena. London: Thomae Purfoetii. - Also available as Stirpium adversaria nova at Google Books
    • Reissued as:
Christophori Plantini
. including Rondelet's Formulae remediorum, to be appended as a companion volume to his Plantarum, seu, Stirpium historia of the same year.
  • Christophori Plantini
    .
  • Christoffel Plantyn
    .

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