1570. [Ettliche Tractatus des hocherfarnen unnd berumbtesten Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi.... I. Von Natürlichen dingen. II. Beschreibung etlichen Kreütter. III. Von Metallen. IV. Von Mineralen. V. Von Edlen Gesteinen. Strassburg. Christian Müllers Erben.] (The "doctrine of signatures" is usually associated with the name of Paracelsus, but the greatest exponent of this theory was Giambattista Porta.) _Nicolaus Winckler._ 1571. Chronica herbarum, florum seminum.... Authore Nicolao Wincklero, Forchemio, Medico Halæ.... Augustæ Vindelicorum in officina Typographica Michaëlis Mangeri. (The above is an astrological calendar giving the times when herbs should be gathered.) _Bartholomaus Carrichter._ 1575. Kreutterbůch des edlen vn̄ Hochgelehrten Herzen Doctoris Bartholomei Carrichters von Reckingen.... Gedruckt zů Strassburg an Kornmarck bey Christian Müller. Subsequent editions, 1577, 1589, 1597, 1615, 1618, 1619, 1625, 1652, 1673, 1739. (In this Herbal every plant is assigned to one of the signs of the zodiac.) _Charles de l'Escluse._ 1576. Caroli Clusii atrebat. Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Hispanias obseruatarum historia, Libris duobus expressa.... Antverpiæ, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1583. Caroli Clusii atrebatis. Rariorum aliquot Stirpium, per Pannoniam, Austriam & vicinas quasdam Prouincias obseruatarum Historia, Quatuor Libris Expressa: ... Antverpiæ, Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1601. Caroli Clusii Atrebatis.... Rariorum Plantarum Historica.... Antverpiæ Ex officina Plantiniana Apud Joannem Moretum. (A republication of the two works cited above with some additional matter.) For De simplicibus medicamentes ex occidentali India, see N. Monardes. _Mathias de L'Obel._ 1576. Plantarum seu stirpium icones. Antverpiæ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1581. (_Flemish translation._) Kruydtboeck.... Deur Matthias de L'Obel Medecyn der Princ' exc{en}. T'Antwerpen. By Christoffel Plantyn. (The Flemish translation is dedicated to William of Orange and the Burgomasters of Antwerp.) _Leonhardt Thurneisser zum Thurn._ 1578. Historia sive descriptio plantarum.... Berlini Excudebat Michael Hentzke. Second edition, 1587.... Coloniæ Agrippinæ apud Joannem Gymnicum. 1578. (_German translation._) Historia unnd Beschreibung Influentischer Elementischer und Natürlicher Wirckungen, Aller fremden unnd Heimischen Erdgewechssen ... Gedruckt zu Berlin, bey Michael Hentzsken. (Thurneisser was one of the foremost exponents of astrological botany. He gives astrological diagrams showing when the various herbs should be picked. The illustrations are not particularly good, but they are attractive owing to the quaint ornamental border which surrounds each figure.) _Andrea Cesalpino._