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Theatrum botanicum = The Theater of Plants, or, An Herball of a Large Extent. . .
Collected by the many yeares travaile, industry and experience in this subject by John Parkinson apothecary of London and the king's herbarist. London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640. First edition--Cf. Hunt 235. Added engraved t.p. Binder's title: Parkinson's Herball. Includes indexes. References: STC 19302; Hunt 235; Johnston, S. H. Cleveland coll. 197.
Considered Parkinson's greater work, this work attempts to describe 4,000 plants. It is especially good for the accuracy of localities where the plants were found.
Subjects: Botany--Pre-Linnean works.
PAT-139