Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566)

Biography:  Fuchs, a native of Germany, was a specialist in botany, pharmacology, and medicine.  His Herbal is considered one of the premier works of modern botany, including accurate yet beautiful woodcut illustrations drawn from nature.  It was also the first botanical to use a full glossary of technical terms and includes 400 native German, 100 foreign plants, including pumpkin and Indian corn.  

Volume Title:
De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes, maximis impensis it vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earundem vivis plusquam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad nature imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis, Leonharto Fuchsio ... autore ... Accessit ijs. succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio Unà cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas gracas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit ...
by Fuchs, Leonhart, 1501-1566
Basileae, In officina Isingriniana, 1542.