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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

New Kreütter Buch.

Strassburg, Austria: W. Rihel, 1539.

Bock was the first to describe the local flora of Germany, discovering many new species. His work gave a fresh impetus to plant description, With Brunfels and Fuchs he was one of the three “German fathers of botany”. See B. Hoppe, Das Kräuterbuch des Hieronymus Bock, Stuttgart, A. Hiersemann, 1969.

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Entry Number#1806
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/1959
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLnew-kretter-buch

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Stuttgart