1657 MONTALBANI, Ovidio (1602 – 1671)
Bibliotheca botanica, seu herbarijstarum scriptorum promota synodia...Ia. Antonio Bumaldo [i.e. O. Montalbani], Collectore.
The first general bibliography of botany books, including herbals. The author, a prolific writer, often wrote under the pseudonym of Antonio Bumaldo.
GMN 8855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11033
1740 SÉGUIER, Jean-François (1703 – 1784)
Bibliotheca botanica sive catalogus auctorum et librorum omnium qui de re botanica, de medicamentis ex vegetabilibus paratis, de re rustica, & de horticultura tractant. Accessit bibliotheca botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi seu potius O. Montalbani.
Organized in three parts: floras, medical botany, and horticultural and agricultural works. Séguier includes books, pamphlets, and references in the periodical literature. "The entries for the publications contain usu…
GMN 8856 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11034
1771 –1772 HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)
Bibliotheca botanica. 2 vols.
This was the first of the several bibliographies compiled by Haller, one of the greatest figures in the history of medicine. The work contains the most exhaustive and thorough information of the writings in the field …
GMN 1833 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2175
1808 VENTENAT, Étienne Pierre (1757 – 1808)
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. E.P. Ventenat…Suivi de la description de différens herbiers, graines, fruits étrangers, etc., et objets de curiosité.
Besides Ventenat's library of botanical works lots 603-11 included Ventenat’s collections of botanical specimens (lot 603 contained 14- 15,000 specimens from all over the world!). The auction catalogue was prefaced by…
GMN 13040 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15290
1857 JUSSIEU, Antoine Laurent de (1748 – 1836); JUSSIEU, Bernard de (1699 – 1777); JUSSIEU, Antoine de (1686 – 1758); JUSSIEU, Adrien-Henri de (1797 – 1853)
Catalogue de la bibliothèque scientifique de MM. de Jussieu, dont la vente aur lieu le lundi 14 janvier 1858 et jours suivants, à sept heurs du soir....
Auction catalogue of the library of the de Jussieu dynasty of botanists. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12973 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15221
1872 –1877 PRITZEL, Georg August (1805 – 1874)
Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium inde a rerum botanicarum initiis ad nostra usque tempora. Quindecim millia operum recensens. Editionem novam reformatam.
First published in 1851, this documents literature from ancient times to publication date. Research involved examination of 40,000 works in libraries at Vienna, Geneva, London, Paris and various German locations. Digi…
GMN 9069 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11248
1881 JACKSON, Benjamin Daydon (1846 – 1927)
Guide to the literature of botany; being a classified selection of botanical works, including nearly 6000 titles not given in Pritzel's 'Thesaurus."
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 13705 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15989
1895 LÉON, Nicholás (1859 – 1929)
Biblioteca botánico-mexicana: Catálogo bibliográfico, biográfico y crítico de autores y escritos referentes a vegetales de México y sus aplicaciones, desde la conquista hasta el presente.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 13839 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16129
1899 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, KEW
Catalogue of the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 11953 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14158
1911 –1918 SARGENT, Charles Sprague (1841 – 1927); REHDER, Alfred (1863 – 1949)
The Bradley Bibliography: A guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century. Compiled at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Alfred Rehder. 5 vols.
An attempt at a truly comprehensive bibliography of the world literature in western languages on these subjects to 1900, including more than 100,000 entries. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at…
GMN 11470 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13669
1914 –1917 SARGENT, Charles Sprague (1841 – 1927); TUCKER, Ethelyn Maria (1871 – )
Catalogue of the library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Compiled under the direction of Charles Sprague Sargent by Ethelyn Maria Tucker. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 11457 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13656
1925 KLEBS, Arnold Carl (1870 – 1943)
Catalogue of early herbals.
GMN 2050 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2262
1938 DUNTHORNE, Gordon
Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and Early 19th centuries: Their history, makers and uses, with a catalogue raisonné of the works in which they are found.
GMN 11775 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13976
1951 –1952 NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)
Die botanische Buchillustration: Ihre Geschichte und Bibliographie. 2 vols.
GMN 7113 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9280
1958 –1961 FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960); QUINBY, Jane (1901 – 1965); STEVENSON, Allan Henry (1903 – 1970); HUNT, Rachel McMasters Miller (1884 – 1963)
Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Hunt. 2 vols. in 3.
Ostensibly the catalogue of Rachel McMasters Hunt's private collection, which she donated to the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University, this is much more than a finely printed, luxur…
GMN 8744 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10922
1958 NISSEN, Claus (1901 – 1975)
Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical history and bibliography.
GMN 9740 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11927
1972 HARVEY, John Hooper (1911 – 1997)
Early gardening catalogues, with complete reprints of lists and accounts of the 16th-19th centuries.
GMN 11970 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14177
1975 HENREY, Blanche Elizabeth Edith (1906 – 1983)
British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800. 3 vols.
A comprehensive history and bibliography of the subject, including a revised history of the English herbal literature, and accounts of other books of medical and pharmaceutical interest.
GMN 2068.18 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2466
1976 –2009 STAFLEU, Frans Antonie (1921 – 1997); COWAN, Richard Sumner (1921 – 1997)
Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types
The entire set is available in digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. (Authors and publishers of the Supplements vary.)
GMN 8857 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11035
1988 KERKHAM, A. S.
Southern African botanical literature, 1600-1988.
GMN 11778 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13979
1989 RAPHAEL, Sandra
An Oak Spring sylva: A selection of the rare books on trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library.
GMN 7460 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9632
1990 BRIDSON, Gavin Douglas Ruthven (1936 – 2008); WHITE, James J.
Plant, animal & anatomical illustration in art & science: A bibliographical guide from the 16th century to the present day.
The first comprehensive listing of primary instructional or "how to draw" books, and non-scientific iconographical "pattern" books, published for artists and designers in the widest range of subjects concerning plants…
GMN 7025 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9192
1990 RAPHAEL, Sandra
An Oak Spring pomona: A selection of the rare books on fruit in the Oak Spring Garden Library.
GMN 7459 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9631
1991 NICHOLSON, Dan H.
A history of botanical nomenclature.
Pages 42-46 are an extremely detailed, briefly annotated bibliography.
GMN 11977 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14185
1997 TOMASI, Lucia Tongiorgi (1939 – )
An Oak Spring flora: Flower illustration from the fifteenth century to the present time. A selection of rare books, manuscripts and works of art in the collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon.
GMN 7461 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9633
2009 TOMASI, Lucia Tongiorgi (1939 – ); WILLIS, Tony
An Oak Spring herbaria: Herbs and herbals from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. A selection of the rare books, manuscripts and works of art in the collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi & Tony Willis. Edited with a description of the American herbals by Mark Argetsinger.
A spectacularly beautiful volume as are the other 3 vols in the Oak Spring series.
GMN 10957 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13153
2009 KNIGHT, Leah
Of books and botany in early modern England: Sixteenth-century plants and print culture.
GMN 12148 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14358
2010 TOUWAIDE, Alain (1953 – ); CLASSEN, Albrecht (1956 – )
"Botany" and "Pharmacy" by Alain Touwaide, in: Handbook of medieval studies. Terms - methods - trends. Edited by Albrecht Classen. 3 vols.
This otherwise comprehensive handbook excludes medicine, per se. Sections most directly pertinent to the life sciences are: Touwaide, Alain. "Botany". Vol. 1, pp. 145-180. This a very detailed bibliographical essay co…
GMN 11928 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14133
2010 FORMIGA, Alice Krinsky
A short history of the seed & nursery catalogue in Europe & the U.S.
http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/seed/introduction/collection/ "The OSU Seed and Nursery Trade catalogue collection contains over 2,000 items from 1832 to 1966. While the collection is most com…
GMN 11971 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14178