HIERONYMUS

BOCK original: "Tragi"; the author's name was Hieronymus Bock, often Latinized as "Tragus", ON THE PLANTS, ESPECIALLY

THOSE WHICH GROW IN OUR GERMANY,

with their common names, their specific characteristics, and

their temperaments In Galenic medicine, "temperament" refers to the balance of hot, cold, moist, or dry qualities in a plant and powers; three books of

Commentaries, first written in the

German language, now converted into Latin,

Translated by DAVID KYBER

of Strasbourg.

TO THESE HAVE BEEN ADDED AT THE FRONT TWO PREFACES:

one by Dr. CONRAD GESSNER of Zurich, a most renowned physician, comprising a catalog of

writers on herbal matters who have written up to this day; the other by the

Author himself, containing praises of herbal knowledge and other matters both

necessary and most delightful.

FURTHERMORE, BY WAY OF A SUPPLEMENT AT THE END OF THE WORK,

there has been added the small book by Benedictus Textor of Segusia on the differences between plants,

according to common places thematic categories from Dioscorides a 1st-century Greek physician and father of pharmacognosy, most useful to all students of botanical knowledge.

Circular library stamp of the Bibliothèque de la Ville de Lyon, dated 1881. LIBRARY OF THE CITY LYON 1881

IN ADDITION, SIX INDEXES: IN WHICH NOT ONLY

the Greek, Latin, German, Arabic, and Hebrew

names, but also the treatments for diseases, are indicated

in the best order, which we have subjoined.

Faded blue circular library stamp of the Lyon City Library.

It is guarded by the Privilege of Emperor Charles V, that no

printer within seven years shall publish an edition printed by himself, nor

sell copies purchased from elsewhere.

Annier. LYON

Small printer's device or woodcut showing a dark silhouette, likely a lion's head or heraldic element.

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