Euricii Cordi Simesusii medici Botanologicon.

Cordus, Euricius

Erscheinungsdatum: 1543

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Cologne : Apud Iannem Gymnicum [Johann Gymnich] D M XXXIIII, 1534, kl.4°, 183 pp., 20 pp. Index, 1 p. Errata, 2 pp. blanc, embossed pigskin binding of the time in Chemise; fine Expl. "The First Attempt at a Scientific Systematization of Plants" Rudolf Schmitz "One of the "the fathers of Botany" K. Sprengel First Edition, First Issue of one of the most important and very rare botanical books of the 16th century! *) A handwritten 14-page manuscript from the beginning of the last century, an Index of German and partly Arabic plant names is enclosed. Title: "Euricii Cordi Simesusii medici Botanologicon. : Heus medice vis uarias aliter qua'm doctus es hactenus herbas scire, nouus multas iste libellus habet. Vt retinax primum sibi testa reseruet odorem, sex nisi quadrantes & breuis hora perit. Quae si qua'm nostris lusorum perdere chartis malis, tunc aliquid doctius aede tuum." With a small ownership entry from 1842. The spine joints are slightly rubbed and the spine has a small defect in the leather at the top and bottom. A small damage to the leather surface on each cover, but overall this is a well-preserved copy of the rare book in a decorative, contemporary binding with only slight signs of wear. Euricius Cordus born Heinrich Ritze (1486 -1535) was a German humanist poet, physician, botanist and naturalist, he studied medicine at Ferrara under Leoniceno and was appointed professor of medicine at the newly founded university of Marburg by the hessian landgrave Philip the magnanimous. "In addition to his work at the university and as a general practitioner, Cordus devoted himself to botany, laid out a botanical garden, and was the first German university professor to organize excursions for studying plants . . . the Botanologicon is generally considered to be the first attempt at a scientific systematization of plants." Rudolf Schmitz, DSB., III, pp. 412-413. "Of the greatest rarity. E.L. Geen, in his 'landmarks of Botanical history' has called attention to the unique interest of this little work in dialogue, and expresses his opinion that it 'gives a clearer insight into the state of medical botany in middle Europe in the time of Brunfels, Fuchs, and Tragus (Bock), than could be gathered from the most exhaustive study of those author's folios themselves . . ." "This writing, dedicated to the Bremen council and - in contrast to his other medical works - written in Latin, takes the form of a dialogue in which a total of five people participate: in addition to the author himself, his brother-in-law, the Leipzig apothecary Johannes Ralla, the landgravial personal physician Johannes Meckbach (Megobachus), who also knew Cordus from Erfurt, Antonius Niger, and the Frenchman Guillaume Bigot, one of his students, who is the last to be introduced in the course of the conversation. The action initially takes place in Cordus' flat at the Lahntor, where he sits with friends at breakfast and then visits the adjacent garden. From there they go through Weidenhausen to the garden laid out by Cordus below the Glaskopf and finally return home in the evening after lively and learned discussions. . Reason and experience gained through one's own observation thus formed the basis of Cordus' method of research, which ultimately used nature as a standard for finding the truth and was based on the decisive insight that independent knowledge is stronger than the word of authorities." Rudolf Schmitz: Die Anfänge der Botanik in Marburg. In: Die Naturwissenschaften an der Philipps-Universität Marburg 1527-1977 (pp.75-158). "In the Botanologicon, written in excellent Latin, Cordus not only was one of the first to call attention to the gross errors of the mediaeval herbal writers in regard to plants, but also gives some interesting information on the university life of his day." Weil, Cat. 11, No.40. Pritzel: Thesaurus litteraturae botanicae Nr. 1883 ("liber rarissimus"!). Nicht bei Graesse und Brunet. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 62605

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Titel: Euricii Cordi Simesusii medici Botanologicon.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1543

Einband: Hardcover

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