Theatrum Botanicum: the theater of plants. . or an herball of a large extent: containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants... shewing vvithall the many errors, differences, and oversights of sundry authors... distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chief notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others... collected by the many years travaile... by John Parkinson...
John Parkinson (1576-1650)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 3040258
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22],1755,[3]p. . ill. (woodcuts) . fol.. Imperfect: lacking both title pages, and all after p. 1755; these lacunae supplied in facsimile from a copy in the Bodleian Library.. Provenance: Copperplate book label: "John Gough", probably late nineteenth century. Heraldic bookplate: "Henry Arnold. Arnbarrow", probably nineteenth century. Binding: Seventeenth-century single panel calf binding; heavily repaired and rebacked.
Makers and roles
John Parkinson (1576-1650)