Nicolaus Damascenus de plantis :

Nicolaus, of Damascus.

Nicolaus Damascenus de plantis : five translations / edited and introduced by H. J. Drossaart Lulofs and E. L. J. Poortman. - Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland Pub. Co., 1989. - xvi, 732 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Aristoteles Semitico-latinus. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 139. .

Based on Aristotle's De plantis. Text in English with translations of Nicolaus' De plantis (original Greek text lost) into Arabic, Greek (retroversion), Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac (fragments) ; there is also an English translation of each version.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 653-665) and indexes.

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Botany--Pre-Linnean works.
Natural history--Pre-Linnean works.

QK41 / N53 1989