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Title 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 that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world, with sundry gummes, and other physicall materials, than hath beene hitherto published by any before, and a most large demonstration of their natures and vertues : shewing withall the many errors, differences, and oversights of sundry authors that have formerly written of them, and a certaine confidence, or most probable conjecture of the true and genuine herbes and plants : distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chiefe notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others inserted therein / collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject, by Iohn Parkinson apothecary of London, and the Kings herbarist.
Imprint London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.
Descript. [20], 1,755, [3] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 34 cm (fol.)
LOCATION CLASSMARK STATUS
 SHL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS [Onsite Store]. For REFERENCE ONLY  [S.L.] I [Parkinson - 1640] fol.    AVAILABLE
 SHL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS [Onsite Store]. For REFERENCE ONLY  T [Parkinson] fol. SR    AVAILABLE
Note Additional engraved t.p., signed: W· Marshall sculpsit, with title: Theatrum botanicum = The theater of plantes, or, An universall compleate herball.
With a final errata leaf.
Includes indexes.
STC (2nd ed.) 19302
Provenance SHL [S.L.] copy inscribed on front flyleaf: J.E. Bicheno. UK-LoURL
SHL copy at T [Parkinson] fol. is from the library of the London Institution. UK-LoURL
Copy-specific note SHL [S.L.] copy is waterstained. Errata leaf torn and mounted. Engraved t.p. mounted. UK-LoURL
Subject Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
Herbals -- Early works to 1800.
Add Author Parkinson, John, 1567-1650.
Cotes, Thomas, -1641, printer.
Bicheno, J. E. (James Ebenezer), 1785-1851, former owner. UK-LoURL:S.L
London Institution, former owner. UK-LoURL:1916400307
Alt Title Theater of plants
Theatrvm botanicvm = The theater of plants

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