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 nevv, 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 vvithall 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 plantes : 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 John Parkinson, Apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbarist ; and published by the Kings Majestyes especiall priviledge.

Author

John Parkinson

Title

Theatrum botanicvm = 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 nevv, 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 vvithall 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 plantes : 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 John Parkinson, Apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbarist ; and published by the Kings Majestyes especiall priviledge.

Date

1640

Place

London

Publisher

Printed by Tho. Cotes

Language

English
Latin
Greek

Contributor

Thomas Bonham
Mattias de L'Obel

Note

NOTE:
ESTC records 116 physical copies and 7 digital copies. Additional two copies at Fisher and one at the Royal Ontario Museum.

TYPE:
Roman; Italic

DEDICATIONS:
1. George Berkeley, Knight of the Bath.
2. Democritus Junior to the Reader.

TABLES AND INDEXES:
Index (at back); "synopses" throughout.

ILLUSTRATIONS:
Ornamented and historiated initials; head and tail pieces. Printer's device, McKerrow #336 (unlisted).

Added engraved title-page: Theatrum botanicum = The theater of plantes, or, An universall and compleate herball / composed by John Parkinson ...

PRINTED MARGINALIA:
Heavy.

WATERMARK:
Shield(?) Centre.

BINDING:
Late 17th c. speckled dark brown calf over pasteboards has triple fillets in blind (Pearson, EBS, p. 180 #6). Rebacked spine in darker calf has six compartments, five raised bands. Title in compartment 2, author in compartment 4, and date of publication in compartment 6 all tooled in gilt. Speckled edges in red; later pastedowns and flys. Thong supports present on backboard.

IMPRINT:
London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.

FORMAT:
[19], 133, 132-141, 144-1652, 1663-1755, [3] pages : illustrations

REFERENCES:
S.T.C., 19302.

CONTENT:
"Errata sic Corrigenda" on final unnumbered leaf.

Nos. 132/3 repeated; nos. 142/3, 1653-62 omitted; p. 311, 314, 608, 729, 763 incorrectly numbered 310, 318, 708, 727, 673.

CONDITION:
Copy lacks added engraved title-page.

Both board have detached from the spine. Text block is complete.

PROVENANCE:
Gift to Victoria University Library. Hoeniger, David. 2017/11/22.

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Num Pages

1672

Call Number

QK41 .P37 1640
Rare Oversize

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Collection

Citation

John Parkinson, “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 nevv, 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 vvithall 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 plantes : 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 John Parkinson, Apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbarist ; and published by the Kings Majestyes especiall priviledge.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed December 4, 2024, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9771.