Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany

About this film

LibriVox recording of Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany by Agnes Arber. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Eminent British botanist Agnes Arber provides an authoritative history of printed Herbals -- books widely used in early modern Europe to catalogue the uses of different kinds of plants. While Herbals often reflected pre-scientific and magical beliefs about the properties of plants, Arber's work reveals that they were also critical to the early development of botany and medicine as empirical sciences. A classic in the history of science. - Summary by Josh Leach For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (148MB)

Directors & creators

Agnes Arber

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; magic; botany; History of Medicine; History of Science; herbals; early modern europe

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