<p>Philosophia Botanica (The Science of Botany), by Carl Linnaeus, was originally published in Latin in Stockholm and Amsterdam in 1751. It is a greatly expanded revision of his Fundamenta Botanica (Foundations of Botany) of 1736, summarizing his work on the classification and taxonomy of plants while adding substantial new material. The book represents a critical stage in the evolution of binomial nomenclature, with a single word to describe the genus and another for the species. Special importance is attached to accurate description of the parts of plants, and to the correct use of technical terms. There are also explanations of the effects of soil and climatic conditions on plant growth. The book includes 9 original engravings, with 167 figures showing the shapes of leaves and other parts of the plant, and 6 short memoranda describing Linnaeus' botanical excursions, detailing his ideas for garden and herbarium construction, and outlining what is required of a botanist and his pupils. There are also indexes of technical terms, genera and subjects. The first full English translation of this classic work since 1775, this beautiful book will be highly attractive to botanists and all those interested in the history of science.</p>

Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica

Politics & Social Sciences

Linnaeus, Carl

Freer, Stephen

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

ADENOGRAPHIA is one of a number of important Latin medical works that had not yet been translated, and no edition of it has been printed since 1730. It was the first systematic account of the glands of the human body. Thomas Wharton, the author, was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physiciansduring the middle years of the 17th century; in this period, many important advances in medical knowledge were made at the College,not least by Wharton himself. He discovered the duct which carries saliva from the sub-maxillary gland to the mouth, and studied the umbilical cord. He also made someimportant observations of the lacteal vessels of the thorax and the abdomen, and was the first to name the thyroid and jugular glands.

Thomas Wharton's Adenographia

Literature & Fiction

Wharton, Thomas

History & Criticism

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

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