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Enquiry into plants and minor works on odours and weather signs

Theophrastus, Arthur Hort (Translator)
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 secondd contains two additional treatises: On Odours and Weather Signs. -- Jacket
Print Book, English, 1916
W. Heinemann ; G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, New York, 1916
Early works
2 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm.
9780674990777, 9780674990883, 9780434990795, 0674990773, 0674990889, 0434990795
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Vol. 1: Enquiry into plants, books I-V
v. 2: books VI-IX, Treatise on odours, Concerning weather signs
Later reprints have imprint: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press; London : W. Heinemann
Greek and English on opposite pages