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Further reading
Arber A 1986. Herbals. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. [The third edition of Agnus Arber’s classic work on printed, illustrated botanical books until 1670. It is essential reading for understanding the interplay among botanical publications of the period immediately before the publication of the Historia]
Carter H 1975. A history of the Oxford University Press. Oxford, Clarendon Press. [The seventeenth-century history of the University Press provides a useful overview of the University and publishing context in which Morison’s work was undertaken]
Clokie HN 1964. An account of the herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford. Oxford, Oxford University Press. [An invaluable guide to the pre-Linnean collections in Oxford Univeristy Herbaria]
Hardy G and Totelin L 2016. Ancient botany. London, Routledge. [A modern treatment of botanical knowledge in the Ancient World (primarily Roman and Greek) setting in context the understanding of plant sciences handed to early modern natural philosophers]
Harris SA 2017. Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum: a brief history. Oxford, Bodleian Library. [Summary of the history of the Oxford Botanic Garden from its foundation and a broad introduction to the types of botanical resources held by the University]
Henrey B 1975. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800 comprising a history and bibliography of botanical and horticultural books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland from the earliest times until 1800. V.1. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries history and bibliography. Oxford, Oxford University Press. [Guide to British botanical literature, especially good on bibliographic detail and putting works into a context beyond that of scientific culture]
Mandelbrote S 2015. The publication and illustration of Robert Morison's Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis. Huntington Library Quarterly 78: 349-379. [Detailed, well-illustrated analysis to the publication background of Morison’s Historia]
Morton AG 1981. History of botanical science: an account of the development of botany from ancient times to the present day. Academic Press, London. [History of botany that provides an introduction to the scientific context within which Morison was working]
Vines SH and Druce GC 1914. An account of the Morisonian Herbarium in the possession of the University of Oxford together with biographical and critical sketches of Morison and the two Bobarts and their works and the early history of the Physic Garden 1619-1720. Oxford, Clarendon Press. [Comprehensive presentation of the Morisonian herbarium which was created as part of this study. The synthesis provided by the introductory material is particularly valuable]
Robert Morison’s published work
Morison R. 1669. Praeludia Botanica. Londini, Typis Tho. Roycroft, impensis Jacobi Allestry ad insigne rosa coronata in vico vulgo dicto Ducklane. [This volume comprises three distinct Works: Hortus Regius Blesensis Auctus (pp. 1-347); Hallucinationes Caspari Bauhini in Pinace, item Animadversiones in tres Tomos Universalis Historiae Johannis Bauhini (pp. 351-459); and Dialogus inter Socium Collegii Regii Gresham dicti et Botanographum Regium (pp. 463-499)].
Morison R 1672. Plantarum umbelliferarum distributio nova, per tabulas cognationis et affinitatis ex Libro Naturae observata & detecta. Oxonii, e Theatro Sheldoniano.
Morison R 1680. Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis pars secunda seu Herbarum distributio nova, per tabulas cognationis & affinitatis ex Libro Naturae observata & detecta. Oxonii, e Theatro Sheldoniano. Digital version of the letterpress.
Morison R 1699. Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis pars tertia seu Herbarum Distributio Nova, per tabulas cognationis & affinitatis Ex Libro Naturae Observata & detecta. Oxonii, e Theatro Sheldoniano.