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RIVINUS, Augustus Quirinus (August Bachmann) (1652 – 1723)

RIVINUS, Augustus Quirinus (August Bachmann) (1652 – 1723)

1652 – 1723

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Martin Bernigeroth (1670-1733) · de.wikipedia.org · Public domain

1690 CE

#13406

Introductio generalis in rem herbariam.

Rivinus (Bachmann) introduced the concept of classification of plants based upon the structure of the flower. He also introduced the ORDER as a distinct rank of biological classification having its own distinctive nam…

1701 CE

#1828

Censura medicamentorum officinalium.

A list of officially recognized drugs, with a classification of useless and undesirable ones. Rivinus also noted incompatibles. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1727 CE

#13407

Bibliotheca Riviniana sive catalogus librorum philogico-philosophico-historicorum, itinerariorum, imprimis autem medicorum, botanicorum et historiae naturalis scriptorum & c., rariorum....vendenda in vaporario collegii rubri a die xxvii. Octobr. mdccxxvii more auctionis consueto. Praemissa est vita Rivini descripta per Geo. Sam Hermannum...catalogi autorem.

Auction catalogue of Rivinus's library by Georg Samuel Hermann. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.