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Parkinson, John.
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- Theatrum botanicum: The Theatre of Plants. Or, an herball of a large extent. London: Tho[mas] Cotes, 1640
first edition, folio (338 x 217mm.), engraved additional title by William Marshall, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, errata leaf at end, nineteenth-century russia by C. Kalthoeber, blind dentelle border, gilt emblems in each corner, central gilt panel, spine in compartments gilt and lettered, gilt edges, silk marker, engraved title mounted, small piece of top corner of engraved title replaced with facsimile, B1-6 misbound between [A]5 and [A]6, a few tears (eg. 3L5 and 3T5), dampstaining to upper and lower margins rarely affecting text, few rust holes, slight worming and staining, binding slightly dusty and worn
Provenance
John Moore, gift inscription dated 1844; F.J. Prior; J.W. Pease, bookplate; Howard Pease, bookplate; Wardington, bookplate
Literature
Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490; Norman 1643; Pritzel 7749; STC 19302
Catalogue Note
John Parkinson (1566/7–1650), apothecary and herbalist, was given the title botanicus regius primarius by Charles I. This, his second work, describes some 3800 plants. Parkinson divided plants into seventeen ‘tribes’, based partly on their medicinal qualities and partly on habitat.