16th-century writers such as Gesner and Georg Agricola were more interested in classifying such objects by their physical and mystical properties than they were in determining the objects' origins.
Писателей XVI века, таких как Геснер и Георгий Агрикола, больше интересовала классификация предметов по их физическим и мистическим свойствам, чем выяснение их природы.