History of Rare Plants
Rariorum plantarum historia
Latin
1601
732 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
Carolus Clusius's 'Rariorum plantarum historia' (1601) is a foundational botanical text that has never been translated into English in its entirety. While individual plant descriptions and specific sections, such as the 'Commentariolum de Fungis', have been translated or discussed in various academic articles and mycological studies, no complete English edition of the work exists.
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Carolus Clusius offers a raw, unfiltered look at the sixteenth-century quest to categorize the natural world. Readers will walk alongside a pioneer who prioritized field experience over ancient textbooks to identify the secrets of rare plants.
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