Herbals, Their Origin And Evolution, a Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470-1670
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The son, who was born in 1534, was attracted to botany in his early youth. He studied at Wittenberg and other universities, and travelled in Hungary and Italy. He spent some time in the latter country, and took a doctor's degree in medicine at Bologna. At Pisa, he became acquainted with Andrea Cesalpino. Finally he returned to Germany, and settled down at Nuremberg. Here he cultivated a garden which was kept supplied with rare plants by his friends, and the Nuremberg merchants. Camerarius broug...ht out an edition of Mattioli (' De plantis Epitome'), but his chief work was the ' Hortus medicus et philosophicus,' which appeared in 1588. The illustrations to this book consist partly of drawings by Gesner, which the author had bought a few years previously, and partly of original figures. It is impossible to discriminate with any exactness between the work of the two men. These wood-cuts, of which Text-figs. 34, 35, 71 and 100 are ' The name Katnmermeister or Camerarius was adopted by Joachim Came- rarius tlie elder, in place of the family name of Liebhard.
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