original: "PINAX" TABLE

OF THE BOTANICAL THEATER

BY CASPAR BAUHIN

Chief Physician of Basel and Ordinary Professor

I N D E X

TO THE WORKS OF THEOPHRASTUS, DIOSCORIDES,

PLINY, AND THE BOTANISTS

who have written since that century:

WORKS:

OF APPROXIMATELY SIX THOUSAND PLANTS

PRESENTING THE NAMES GIVEN BY THEM WITH

the synonyms and differences of the same

methodically arranged according to both their genera and species.

A WORK OF FORTY YEARS

Hitherto unedited, greatly desired, and contributing

greatly to the understanding of the authors.

GALEN, Book 1 on Antidotes, chapter 5

I advise that a physician should, if possible, have knowledge of all PLANTS original: "STIRPIVM":
if not, then at least of the many which we frequently use.

A rectangular woodcut printer's device or emblem. It depicts the mythical poet Arion standing atop a dolphin in a wavy sea, holding a large lyre. A flowing banner above him is inscribed "ARION". In the background, a hilly coastline is visible. The image is flanked by the date of publication split into two parts: "M D C" on the left and "X X I I I." on the right, signifying 1623.

AT BASEL, SWITZERLAND. At the expense and from the press of Ludwig König.

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