Lot 229
Parkinson, John
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Theatrum botanicum. The theater of plantes or an universall and compleate herball. London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. First edition, folio, fine additional engraved allegorical title by Marshall incorporating portrait of the author, over 2700 woodcut illustrations in text, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine blindstamped in compartments, new red morocco lettering piece, corners neatly repaired, slight loss to upper corner of engraved title, small repairs to extreme upper corner of following six leaves affecting a few letters, Z1 holed with slight loss, some light dampstaining
Footnote
Note: A good copy of Parkinson's Theatrum Botanicum, with 1,688 pages of text and 2700 woodcut illustrations, describing over 3,800 plants. It was the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its day and the first work to describe 33 native plants, 13 of which grew near Parkinson's Middlesex home. ESTC S121875; STC 19302; Hunt 235