Botanical Books

Botanical Books Botanical books bring together academic information, realistic images, and book art. This page mostly discusses botanical books from the Western world in a codex format.

History

The history of botanical books is the intersection of the history of books and the history of botany. Although plant taxonomies and different uses of plants were recorded as early as in ancient India, China, and Greece in Sanskrit hymns, medical texts, and Theophrastus's works, botanical books in a more modern sense came with the arrival of new printing technologies, such as movable type and woodcut illustrations, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Some of the first books made in this context were herbals.