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L'ABRIDGE de bon fruits; or, The Abridgment of good fruits, &c. published by C. Cercy, at Paris, 1675, in Octavo. In this work a greater variety of Garden-Fruit are more fully described than in any other work. Christoph. Acostæ, a Physician of Africa, who in the 15th Century wrote Historiam Simplicium ex India Orientali: Rendered into Latin by Clusius.
Acta Hafniensia Medica & Philosophica, a Tho. Bartholino edita. Stirpium Adversaria nova: The Works of Peter Pena, and Matth.
Lobel, Physicians living in London, where the Work was printed, 1576, and 1605, with an Appendix. Icons 314.
Aetius Amideus, a Grecian, who wrote of Medicines, 1535. Folio.
Paul. Ægineta, of the Isle Ægina, wrote of Medicines before Dioscorides, published 1528. Folio. Ulysses Aldrovandus, a Bononian, wrote much of Medicines, and natural things. His Dendrologia Naturalis was published 1648. Folio. Prosper Alpinus, a Physician of Padua, wrote De Plantis Ægyptiæ, 1592. Icons 46. Quarto.
Character Plantarum Naturalis, by Paul. Amman, 1684, and Hortus Bosianus, 1687.
Aloysius Angularia, a Physician, President of the public Garden of Padua, his Opinion of some Plants; printed 1561. Octavo.
Apuleius, an ancient Platonist, who wrote on the Virtues of Herbs; printed at Paris, 1528. Folio.
Avicenna, an Arabian Ph. whose Works were reduced into an Index by Castæus, 1564. Folio.
Hermolaus Barbarus, an Italian, who wrote Corollaries on Dioscorides, 1530. Folio.
Casparus Bauhinus, a very famous Physician of Basil, who wrote Pinacem Theatri Botanici, one of the most elaborate and useful Works of Herbarism, 40 years in compiling; wherein he gives the several Synonyma's to each Plant, and names about 6000 as distinct, 1627. 4to.
Casp. Bauhinus his Phytopinax. 1596. Quarto.
C. Bauh. Prodromus Theatri Botanici, 1620. Icons 140. Quarto. Petrus Bellonius wrote De Arboribus Coniferis, &c. 1553. Quarto. Honorius Bellus, a Physician of Creet, who by Letters had great correspondence with Cl. about Plants. Paul. Breconius, Herbarist to the great Duke of Tuscany; he wrote Rariorum Plantarum Siciliæ, Melitæ, Galliæ & Italiæ, 1674. Icons/110. 4to.
Johannes Bodæus, a Physician of Amsterdam, who commented on Theophrastus, and wrote of some rare Plants. 1644. Folio.
Ars. Boœtius, he published a treatise of Flowers and Herbs, with Icons, at Bruges. 4to.
Jacob Jacob Bontius, a Physician of Padua, wrote Historia Naturalis & Medicæ Indiæ Orientalis, 1629. Icons 70. Folio.
Mich. Boym, S. J. Flora Sinensis Viennæ. 1656. F.
Jacob Breynius, a Dantiscan Senator, who published Plantarum Exoti. carum Centuria prima, with 110 most curious Icons, 1674. Folio. His Prodromus, 1683. Quarto.
Joh. Theodorus du Bry wrote Florilegia, 1612. enlarged by Matth. Merian. 1641. Folio. Otho Brumfelsius, a German, wrote Historiam Stirpium, treating of about 288 Plants; the first that gave lively Icons thereof, 1536. Folio.
Joachinus Camerarius, a German Physician, who wrote Hortus Medicus, and Sylvam Hercyniam, 1586. Quarto.
Camerar. Epitome Mathioli, 1586.
Icons 1003. 4to.
Andreas Cæsalpinus, an Italian Physician, a most curious Observer of Plants, 1583. 4to. and an Appendix, 1603. 4to. The first we read of, that reduced Plants according to their Seeds, and Seed-Vessels.
Codex Cæsarius; often cited by Dodoneus.
Catalogus Plantarum Atrosinus, sive Flora Atrosina sylvestris & hortensis. by Mauritius Hofmannus, 1662.
Quarto.
Catal. Plant. Indigenarum Hollandiæ, by Joh. Comelinus, 1683. Octavo.
Catal. Plant.circa Monspelium nascentium, seu Botanicum Monsp. Lugduni, by Pet. Magnal, M. D. 1686. Icons 22. Octavo.
Cornelius Aurelius Celsus, a Roman Physician in the first Century.
Chabræus, he revised and augmented Joh. Barchinus his Historia Plantarum Universalis. There is also his Stirpium Icones & Sciagraphia, which is only the former epitomized, 1677. Folio.
Carolus Clusius, a most famous Herbarist, wrote Rariorum Plantarum Historiam; printed at Antwerp, 1601.
Icons 1135. Folio.
Clusius, his Exotics, 1605. Icons 194. Folio.
Fabius Columna, a Gent. of Naples, of exquisite judgment in Plants; wrote Phistobasanum Plantarum; or, An Examination of Plants, &c. 1616.
Icons 205.
Joh. Comelinus, a very worthy, ingenious Person, a Magistrate of Amsterdam; who, with very great civility and freeness, treated me with Specimens for my Hortus Siccus, of rare Plants growing in the Physic- Garden at Amsterdam. His Annotations on the 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6th Parts of Hortus Malabaricus.
Valerius Cordus wrote Historiam Stirpium, 561. Icons 272. Folio.
Jacobus Cornutus wrote Historia Plantarum Canadensium, &c. 1635.
Quarto.
Jacobus Delechampius, he began Historia Lugdunensis.
Dioscorides Anazarheus, a Grecian, who treated on Physic and Plants, a little before Christ. Eight of his Books were published, 1549. Octavo, &c.
Dodart, his Description de quelques Plantes Nouvelles. A Paris, 1676.
Rembertus Dodoneus wrote Stirpium Historiam, Pemptades, 1583. Icons 1305. Folio. This was translated into English by Dr. Priest, of London; which was the Foundation of Gerard's Herbal.
Castor Durantes wrote Herbarium Novum, of the Plants growing in Europe, and both the Indies, -1585.
Icons 879. Folio.
Germ. Ephemerides Medico-Physicæ Germanicæ, sive Miscellania curiosa Medico-Physica S. R. Imp. Academiæ curiosorum. Per Germanum.
John Evelyn, Esq. a very worthy person, and Member of the Royal ( Society of London, his Sylva and Pomona, 1679. Folio.
Joh. Eusebii Nierembergii Historia Naturæ, Antwerp, 1635. Folio.
Joh. Baptista Ferrarius Hesperides: or, History of Citrons, Limons and Oranges. Icons 80. Folio, and Florum, seu de Florum cultura, 1646. Quarto.
Sir John Floyer, M. D. his Touchstone of Medicines, discovering the Virtues of Vegetables, &c. by their tastes and smells, 1687. Octavo.
Joh. Fragosus, Physician to the King of Spain, Historiam Stirpium, &c. An History of the Spices and Simples which were carried from both the Indies to Europe, 1610.
Octavo.
Leonard. Fuchsius, a German Physician, wrote comments on the History of Plants, 1542. Icons 516. Folio.
Claudius Claudius Galenus, a Greek, the most renowned in Physic; and much commented on Hippocrates, in the 2d Century.
Garzius ab Orta (Horta) wrote Hist. de Aromatibus & Simplicibus apud Indas, 1574, &c. Octavo.
John Gerard, Chirurgeon of London, and Master of that worthy profession; he published the Herbal, or General History of Plants, in English, 1597. Icons 2090. Folio.
G. with a cross-stroke, Gerard's Icon, corrected by Johnson.
G. with two cross-strokes, the Icon added by Johnson Conradus Gesnerus, a German, wrote on Plants, 1541, &c.
Nehemiah Grew, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and College of Physicians, London, wrote Musæum Regalis Societatis, 1681. Folio, wherein is something new on plants. Also his Anatomy of Plants, 1682. Folio.
Melchior Guillandius, President of theGarden of Padua; who wrote some Epistles of Plants, and Commentaries upon Pliny, de Papyro, 1558. Quarto, &c.
Paul. Hermanus, Physician, and Botanic Professor at Leyden; a most ingenious person, and great Botanist; who published Horti Academici Lugduno Batavi Catalogus, 1686. Icons 104. 8vo. He, with great freeness, gave me the liberty of the said Garden at Leyden, there to take Specimens (for my Herbarium Vivum) of Plants I best liked.
Francis Hernandez, his Plantarum Animalium, &c. Mexicanum Hist.
Digested into a Volume by Recchus.
Hippocrates, a very famous Greek Physician.
Mauritan. Hoffmannus, a German, M. D. Professor of Anatomy and Botanism, wrote Florum Altrosinium, &c. 1662. Quarto.
Hortus Blæsensis, by R. Morison, 1669. Octavo.- Hort. Carthusianus.
Hort. Episcopi Eystettensis, in Bavaria, by Besil Besler, Apoth. with the largest Copper Icons of any extant, 1613. Icons 1083. Catal. Plant. Hort. Edenburgensis, 1684. Quarto. by Mr. James Sutherland, Intendant of the Physic- Garden of Edinburgh; who accompanied me in searching after the more rare Plants, Natives thereabouts; and freely gave me, for my Garden, the roots and seeds of many foreign ones.
Hort. Farnesianus, with Icons, by Fabia Aldina. Folio.
Hort. Lugduno-Batavi, and Hort.
Leydensis Catalogus.
The Garden of the Honorable and Right Reverend Henry, Lord Bishop of London, at Fulham; where is a great variety of most rare Plants, cultivated with much care and cost, as he takes great delight in observing the same, so doth he freely admit others, curious in Botanism, to do the like, to illustrate and augment the History of Plants.
Hort. Malabaricus Indicus, containing all the Plants of the Kingdom of Malabar; whose flowers, fruit, and seeds, are fairly delineated in Copper, according to their natural magnitude.
The first Part printed, 1678, the sixth, 1686, with very large Icons. Folio.
Hort. Regii Parisiensis Catalogus, by Antonius Vallot, M. D. 1665.
Folio.
Mr. Hughs's American Physician.
Hyacinthi Ambrosini Philologiæ, Part. 1. Tom. 1.
Joh, Bauhinus, C. B.'s Brother, who compiled Historiam Plant. Universalium, the largest and best of any before it, a work of 50 years labour, 1650. Icons 3400. in 3 Toms.
Folio.
Tho. Johnson, Apothecary, London, very learned and knowing in Plants; who very much amended and enlarged G. his Herbal, 1633.
Icons 2730. Folio.
Ferandus Imperatus, an Apothecary of Naples, wrote much of natural things, 1599. Folio.
Indiæ Occidentalis Hist. The West-Indian History, in 10 Parts, 1599.
Indiæ Orientalis Hist. The East- Indian History.
Dionysius Jonquettus, a Physician of Paris, wrote Hortum sive Indicem Onomasticum Plant. 1659. Quarto.
Joh. Jonstonii Dendrologia. Folio.
John Josceline's New-England's Rarities.
Andreas Lacuna, he commented on Dios. 1552. Folio.
Joh. de Laet. Hist. Ind. Occidentalis. Folio.
Leonard Laurembergius wrote De Plantis Tuberosis, Bulbosis & de Horti cultura, with Icons. 4to.
Lemneus.
Joh.
Joh. Hugo Linschottus, he wrote Indiæ Or. Hist. and afterwards added an Itinerary thereto.
Matthias de Lobel wrote Historia Plant. with Icons, 1576. Folio.
Lobel's Stirpium Illustrationes, by Guil. How, 1655. Quarto.
Lobel's Stirpium Observationes, which was joined to his Adversaria, 1576. After that, he published Hist.
Plant seu Stirpium Belgiæ, containing 2116 Icons; printed afterwards in a longish form, with the Latin Names.
Adam. Lonicerus wrote Herbarium Plant. Germanicum, 1582. Icons 833 Folio.
Joh. Loselius wrote Catalogus Plant.
Rariorum in Borussia sponte nascentium, 1654. Quarto. Historia Generalis Plant. Lugdunensis, published by John Molineus, containing all before it, 1587. Icons 2686. but about 400 two or three times repeated.
Amatus Lusitanus, a Physician, whose Comments on Dios. came out -1558. Quarto, Petrus Magnol, M. D. of Montpellier, wrote Botanici Monsp. Lugduni, 1676.
Octavo.
Marcellus Malphigius, who hath wrote most sagaciously on the Anatomy of Plants. Folio. Georg. Maregravius recorded the Natural History of Brasil, published by Piso.
Frederici Martii Itinerarium Spitebergicum, 1675. with Icons. Quarto. Petrus Andreas Matthiolus, an Italian, who published large Commentaries on Dios. with very fair and large Icons, 1568. Icons 957. Folio.
Christianus Mentzelius, M.D. wrote Index Nominum Plant. Multilinguis, 1682. Folio.
Christ. Merrit, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, and College of Physicians, London, his Pinax rerum naturaliam Britannicarum, 1667, 8vo.
Monardus.
Ovidius Montalbanus wrote Hort.
Botonographum, Binon, 1676. 8νο.
Montanus., Robert Morison, Physician, late Botanic Professor to Charles II. King of Great Britain; he wrote De Plantis Umbelliferis, printed at Oxon, 1672, and five Sections Plantarum Historiæ universalis Oxoniensis, 1680. Icons 1394. Folio, which was carried on by Jacob Bobert, 1685. Botanic Professor of Oxon, and Master of the Physic-Garden there. 1687.
R. Morison's Præludium Botani cum, seu Hortus Regius Blasensis 1669. Octavo. In these Works he reduced many Plants into a far better method than any before him.
Musæum Regalis Societatis Londinensis.
Abraham Munting, M. D. and Botanic Professor of Groning, wrote Ware affiningder Planten, 1672. Icons 54. Quarto; and De vera Antiquorum Herba Britannica, & Aloidarum Hist. 1681. Icons 34. Quarto.
Nieremberg. Hist. Exot.
Novelles Instructions pour connoistre les bon fruits; or, New Instructions whereby to know good Fruits, according to the Months; originally written by Father Feuillent, and published by C. Cercy, at Paris, 1670. Octavo.
Ludovicus Oviedus, a Spanish Ph. wrote Medicamentorum Simplicium, 1595. Also another, Consalvus Ferdinandus Oviedus, wrote Indiæ Oc. Hist. Generalem; published by Duretus.
Bernardus Paludanus.
Tho. Pancovius, a German Physician, wrote Herbarium Portatile, with many Icons, 1664. 4to.
John Perkinson, Apothecary and Herbarist to Charles I. King of Great Britain, his Theatrum Botanicum, 1640. Icons 2786. Folio.
John Perkinson, his Paradisus Terrestris; or, Garden of pleasant Flowers, 1629. Ic. 813. Fol.
Simon Paulus, a Danish Physician, wrote Quadripartitum Botan. 1667.
Quarto.
Phytologia Britannica, by Dr. How, 1650. 8vo.
Guil. Piso, a Physician of Amster dam, wrote Hist. Naturalem Brasilia, &c. 1648. and the Natural History of both Indies, 1658. Ic 224. Folio.
Caius Plinius, an Italian, who wrote the History of the World, and died in the Year of Christ, 70.
Dr. Robert Plot's Natural History of Oxfordshire, 1677. and Staffordshire, 1686. Folio. Joh. Pona, an Apothecary of Verona, wrote Catalogum Plant. in monte Baldo cresentium, annexed to Clus. History of rare Plants.
Pugillus Plant. rariorum, annexed by Menzelius to his Index Nominum Plant. 1682. Ic. 46. Fol.
Leonard Rauwolfius, M. D. a German, who wrote Itinerarium Germanic. 1582. Icons 42. 4to. John John Ray, M. A. Fellow of the Royal Society of London, a learned and very worthy Person, our good Friend, a most accurate Botanist; witness his Catalogus Plant. Angliæ, 1678. Cat. Stirpium in Exteris Regionibus, 1678. Methodus Plant. nova, 1682. all in 8vo. and lastly, his Hist.
Plant.taking in allhitherto extant, with Additions, without Icons, 1688. Fol.
John Rea, his Flora, 1676. Fol.
Nardus Antonius Recchus, Physician to the King of Spain, he digested into a Volume Rerum Medicarum Novæ Hispaniæ Thesaurum, &c. first compiled by Hernandez, 1648, Fol.
Fol. wherein are about 800 plants, and 600 Icons, but many of them very imperfectly, others not at all described.
Paul Renealnus Blæsensis Specimen Hist. Plant. 1611. Icons 43. Quarto.
Guil. ten Rhine, a Dutch Physician, whose rare Plants are subjoined to Breyn. his first Century.
Roberti Icones, which is of the King's Gardens at Paris. Folio.
Joh. Robinus, Herbarist to Henry IV. King of France, he published that King's Garden, Anno 1608. Folio.
Mr. Rochefortius his Natural History of the Antilles, or Caribby- Islands. Folio.
Folio.
John Ruellius wrote of the Nature of Plants, 1537. Folio.
Julius Cæsar Scaliger wrote Commentaries on Theoph. his History of Plants, 1566. Octavo.
John Schroderus, his Chymical Dispensatory, 1669. Folio.
Caspar. Schwenckfeldius wrote Catalog. Stirpium and Fossilium Silesiæ, 1601. Quarto.
Joh. Serapio, an Arabian, in the ninth Century, who wrote a Breviary of Simple Medicines, printed 1497, &c. Folio.
Arnold Seyn, he commented on the first Part of H M.
Rob. Sibaldus, M. D. his Prodromus Hist. Naturalis Scotiæ, 1684. with 16 Icons of Plants, Fol.
Francis. Sterbeeck, his Citra Cultura, & Theatrum Fungorum, 1675. Quarto.
Eman. Swertius, his Florilegia, 1647. with good Icons. Folio.
Jacob.Theodorus Tabernamontanus, he set forth Herbarium German. 1588. and 12 years after, 2087 Icons, wherewith G. his Herbal was printed. Joh. Terrentii, his Notes upon Rec.
John Thalius, a German Physici an, who wrote Sylvam Hercyniam, the Catalogue of the Plants of Hercyne, and the places adjacent, 1584. 4to.
Theophrastus Eresius, a Grecian, Aristotle's Successor, 322 years before Christ, who, among other things, wrote an History of Plants, printed by Bodæus a Stapel, 1644.
Folio.
Andreas Thevetus, a French-man, who wrote of Plants, 1557. Quarto.
Heronymus Tragus wrote Hist. Herbarum German. 1552. Ic. 567. Fol. Observationes de Ortu ac Vegetatione Plant. Job. Baptist. Triumfetti. Dr. Turnefort, M. D. and Botanic Lecturer at the Royal Garden of Paris.
Will. Turner, M. D. London, set forth a little Book with the Greek, Latin, English, Dutch, and French Names, 1548, and 1551, his Herbal, with Fuchsius his Icons.
Georgii Turre Hist. Plant. It treats only of the Faculty and Virtue of Plants, from Diosc. Theoph. and Gal. 1684. Folio.
Antonius Valet, M. D. Physician to the King of France; he wrote Hortus Regius, 1665. Folio.
Job. Veslingius, Anatomic and Botanic Professor of Padua, wrote Catalog. Plant. Hort Medici Patavina, in 12mo.
Marcellus Virgilius, Secretary to the State of Florence; he set forth Dios. in Greek and Latin, with Commentaries.
Sir George Wheeler, his Journey into Greece; where, among many other curious things, he treats of some rare Plants, 1682. Folio.
John Worlidge, Gent. his Treatise of Cyder, &c. Octavo.
Museum Jacobi Wormii. Folio.
Jacob Zanonius, an Apothecary of Bononia, who wrote in the Italian Tongue, Istoria Botanica di Jacomo Zanoni &c. in Bologna, 1675. Ic. 88. Folio.
Barthol, Zornius, a famous Physician of Berlin: who enlarged and corrected Herbarium Portatile Puncovianum, 1678. Quarto. These, especially their Botanic parts, are all brought into this one Manual: together with what is more new of our own, and communicated to us by ingenious and worthy persons, whose respective names shall be subjoined to their Gifts, that Posterity may know to whom they are obliged for the same.