Description: Loeb Classical Library: Enquiry into PlantsVolume I and II By: Theophrastus With an English translation by Series: Loeb Classical LibraryHarvard University PressGreen CoverLeft side in Greek, right side in EnglishAbout the Author: Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BC, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived from classical antiquity. He was in turn student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle. Like his predecessor he was interested in all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. His writings on plants form a counterpart to Aristotle’s zoological works.Synoposis: In the Enquiry into Plants Theophrastus classifies and describes varieties—covering trees, plants of particular regions, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and medicinal properties of herbs. This edition is in two volumes; the second contains two additional treatises, On Odours and Weather Signs.
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Book Title: Enquiry Into Plants
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Book Series: Loeb Classical Library
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Original Language: Greek
Intended Audience: Adults
Format: Hardcover
Language: Ancient Greek, English, Greek
Item Height: 6 3/8 in
Author: Theophrastus
Genre: History, Philosophy
Topic: Botany, Classicism, Greek, Greek Wars, History of Ideas, Military History, Plants, Political History, Social History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Item Width: 4 1/14 in
