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, industry, and experience in this subject, by John Parkinson Apothecary of London, ...
John Parkinson (1576-1650)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3258862
Summary
Bibliographic description
[22],1755,[3]p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; fol. Imperfect: wants engraved title page. Provenance: nineteenth-century small baronet's badge bookplate, with Harpur & Crewe crests, lettered: Calke Abbey Library [perhaps associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)]. With minor pencil marking. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, with maroon cloth on bevelled edged boards; five false bands; blind fleur-de-lys motif on spine; gilt lettered red spine label: Old herball. Red textblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Parkinson (1576-1650)