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Theophrastus. Line engraving by Beyssent after Mlle Cl. Reydellet.

Theophrastus. Line engraving.

John Gerard: portrait and botanical motifs. Line engraving by J. Payne, 1633.

Theophrastus. Etching by J. Richardson the elder, 1739.

Those who named the plants: Adam, Solomon, Theophrastus, and Dioscorides. Oil paintings.

Theophrasts Methode in seinen botanischen Schriften / von Georg Wöhrle.

Theophrastus : reappraising the sources / edited by Johannes M. van Ophuijsen, Marlein van Raalte.

Theophrastus. Oil painting.

Die Pflanzenkunde des Theophrast von Eresos : seine Schrift über die Unterscheidungsmerkmale der Pflanzen und seine Kunstprosa / von Gustav Senn ; im Auftrag der Universität Basel aus den nachgelassenen Druckbogen hrsg. und eingeleitet von Olof Gigon.

Minvs cognitarvm stirpivm aliqvot, ac etiam rariorvm nostro coelo orientivm [ekphrasis] Qua non paucae ab antiquioribus, Theophrasto, Dioscoride, Plinio, Galeno, alijsqúe memoratae declarantur, officinarum vsui perquam vtiles / Fabio Colvmna avctore. Item, de aquatilibus, aliisque animalibus quibusdam paucis libellus.

[Phytobasanos] sive plantarum aliqvot historia. In qva describvntvr diversi generis plantæ veriores, ac magis facie, viribúsque respondentes antiquorum Theophrasti, Diocoridis, Plinij, Galeni, aliorúmque delineationibus, ab alijs hucusque non animaduersæ / Fabio Colvmna avctore. Accessit etiam piscivm aliqvot, plantarúmque nouarum historia eodem auctore.

The characters of Theophrastus, with a strictly literal translation of the Greek into Latin, and with notes and observations on the text, in English: for the benefit of Hertford College. By the late R. Newton, D. D. and Principal

De odoribus / Theophrast ; Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar von Ulrich Eigler, Georg Wöhrle ; mit einem botanischen Anhang von Bernhard Herzhoff.

The moral characters of Theophrastus: translated from the Greek, by Eustace Budgell, Esquire

The characters of Theophrastus / translated from the Greek, and illustrated by physiognomical sketches. To which are subjoined the Greek text, with notes, and hints on the individual varieties of human nature. By Francis Howell.

Trattato de semplici, pietre, et pesci marini, che nascono nel lito di Venetia. La maggior parte non conosciuti da Teofrasto, Dioscoride, Plinio, Galeno & altri scrittori ... / Di Antonio Donati.

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Theophrastus

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The characters of Theophrastus, with a strictly literal translation of the Greek into Latin, and with notes and observations on the text, in English: for the benefit of Hertford College. By the late R. Newton, D. D. and Principal

De odoribus / Theophrast ; Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar von Ulrich Eigler, Georg Wöhrle ; mit einem botanischen Anhang von Bernhard Herzhoff.

The moral characters of Theophrastus: translated from the Greek, by Eustace Budgell, Esquire

The characters of Theophrastus / translated from the Greek, and illustrated by physiognomical sketches. To which are subjoined the Greek text, with notes, and hints on the individual varieties of human nature. By Francis Howell.

Trattato de semplici, pietre, et pesci marini, che nascono nel lito di Venetia. La maggior parte non conosciuti da Teofrasto, Dioscoride, Plinio, Galeno & altri scrittori ... / Di Antonio Donati.

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Theophrastus

Images from the collections

Images by Theophrastus

Images featuring Theophrastus

Works from the collections

The characters of Theophrastus, with a strictly literal translation of the Greek into Latin, and with notes and observations on the text, in English: for the benefit of Hertford College. By the late R. Newton, D. D. and Principal

De odoribus / Theophrast ; Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar von Ulrich Eigler, Georg Wöhrle ; mit einem botanischen Anhang von Bernhard Herzhoff.

The moral characters of Theophrastus: translated from the Greek, by Eustace Budgell, Esquire

The characters of Theophrastus / translated from the Greek, and illustrated by physiognomical sketches. To which are subjoined the Greek text, with notes, and hints on the individual varieties of human nature. By Francis Howell.

Trattato de semplici, pietre, et pesci marini, che nascono nel lito di Venetia. La maggior parte non conosciuti da Teofrasto, Dioscoride, Plinio, Galeno & altri scrittori ... / Di Antonio Donati.

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