| Description Of Item | The title and date of the volume come on the last page of text, page 585. After the preface is a list of authors or sources which have been consulted in the writing of the book; a list of 'pondera veterum' (old weights); and a list of the instruments and operations needed for pharmaceutical work. There are then descriptions of five classes: the first class (from p17), further divided into 'Ordo prima Suaveolentia', 'Ordo Secundus Graveolentia' and 'Ordo Tertius Virosa'; the second class (from p20) titled 'Sapida'; the third class (from p37) titled 'Visceralia seu Splanicha sive Appropriata vel specifica'; and the fourth class (from p39) titled 'Topica seu Medicamenta Chirurgica'. After a heading 'Simplicia' are the following sub-headings: 'Classis I Monandria' with descriptions of specimens 1-8; 'Classis II Diandria Mongynia'; with descriptions of specimens 9-20; 'Classis III Triandria' with descriptions of specimens 21-39; 'Classis IV Tetrandria' with descriptions of specimens 40-56; 'Classis V Pentandria' with descriptions of specimens 57-159; 'Classis VI Hexandria' with descriptions of specimens 160-[page 252]; class VII not given; 'Classis VIII Octandria' with descriptions of specimens 179-532 [page 266]; 'Classis IX Enneandria' with descriptions of specimens 190-198; 'Classis X Decandria' with descriptions of specimens 199-218 [page 332]; 'Classis XI Dodecandria' with descriptions of specimens 219-222; 'Classis XII Icosandria' with descriptions of specimens [223]-249; 'Classis XIII Polyandria' with descriptions of specimens 250-276; 'Classis XIV Didynamia' with descriptions of specimens 277-319; 'Clasis XV Tetradynamiae' with descriptions of specimens 320-335; 'Classis XVI Monadelphia' with descriptions of specimens 336-342; 'Classis XVII Diadelphia' with descriptions of specimens 343-365; 'Classis XVIII Polydelphia' with descriptions of specimen 364; 'Classis XIX Syngenesia' with descriptions of specimens 368-410; 'Classis XX Gynandria' with descriptions of specimens 411-417; 'Classis XXI Monoecia' with descriptions of specimens 534, 119, 428, 422-448; 'Classis XXII Diaecia' with descriptions of specimens 449-470; 'Classis XXIII Polygamia' with descriptions of specimens 471-473, 523; 'Classis XXIV Cryptogamia' with descriptions of specimens 479-500. The handwriting changes in several places and the specimen numbers are not in order particularly after p230 when numbers over 500 appear out of sequence. |