Theatrum Botanicum the Theatre of Plants

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About this Item: LONDON COTES, 1610. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES. RECENTLY PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED AND RE-BOUND IN FULL CALF, RAISED BANDS AND GILT TITLES, NEW ENDPAPERS. HENCE A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND TIGHT SET. A NUMBER OF (MISSING) PAGES HAVE BEEN BY REPLACED BY FACSIMILIES, INCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE AND PRELIMS. OF VOLUME 1. PAGES 1631 TO 1648 ARE BOUND IN AFTER FINIS. THE INDEX (PAGES 1689 TO 17550 ARE PHOTOCOPIES. WITH NUMEROUS (OVER 2000) WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. VOLUME 1, 874 pp, VOLUME TO 875 TO 1688, PLUS INDEX TO PAGE 1755. IN SUMMARY: A LOVELY BINDING OF A COMPLETE COPY BUT WITH MANY FACSIMILIE PAGES. Seller Inventory # 30633

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About this Item: Thomas Cotes, London, 1640. Folio, with elaborately engraved title-page and about 2700 woodcut illustrations in the text; in an attractive later binding of smooth polished calf. An especially good copy of this famous and beautiful English herbal, 'one of the two main pillars of botany in England till the time of Ray' (James Edward Smith). The largest herbal in English, this was also the last great medicinally-based plant study. John Parkinson (1567-1650), a London pharmacist, received the title of Royal Apothecary from James I. Later, Charles I appointed him as his chief botanist ("Botanicus Regius Primarius"). Parkinson had a private garden in Long Acre 'well stored with rarities' (Theatrum, p. 609). Work on his herbal was helped by notes and unpublished material by the French botanist Matthias de l'Obel who had lived in north London in the last years of his life. Parkinson had given notice of his intention to compile an herbal in his Paradisus terrestris of 1629, but was delayed by the publication of the second Johnson edition of Gerarde's Herball, in 1636. This delay meant that Parkinson's work had time to grow much larger than originally planned, and on publication it included about a thousand more plants than Gerarde could, and describes many species not previously recorded. Natural history collecting in exotic lands was actively pursued from the earliest period of botanical study, and the earliest exploring ships were fitted out with special compartments for the transportation of animals and plants. Parkinson noted in his Paradisi in sole of 1629 that he had obtained a specimen of the "Scilla alba" in the manner of the day - which meant gathering with other collectors at the quay to meet the returning ships, and to purchase rare specimens directly from the sailors. Early botanical works were frequently illustrated with original woodcuts, and this book is a marvellous example of the impressive beauty that the relatively naïve method of woodcut illustration conveys in a botanical work, with a flower portrayed in line in singular contrast to the accompanying botanical description: altogether two thousand seven hundred woodblocks were individually cut for this massive herbal, which describes more than four thousand plants, most of them with medicinal properties. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of "Brodie of Brodie" (chief of the clan Brodie, Brodie Castle, N.E. Scotland) A very good copy, the text clean and fresh. Seller Inventory # 3409278

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About this Item: Printed by Tho. Cotes, London, 1640. [20] 1755 [1, Errata] pp. (pagination irregular). Illustrated throughout, including an added engraved title page. Folio, old full calf; gilt-lettered red label on spine; edges stained red. First edition. Two old bookplates to front pastedown; two pages (1356 and 1361) oddly stained as though from carbon paper; first and last leaves lightly tanned; neat old replacement to one corner of the final leaf (no printing affected). There is a 1" x 3-1/2" irregular chip at the base of the spine; some scuffs and use to binding; front joint cracking but cords remain sound. Seller Inventory # 68813

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About this Item: Paper Back. Condition: New. Lang: -English , Pages 1748 , Reprinted in (2018) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour SOFTCOVER {LEATHER BOUND EDITION WITH GOLDEN LEAF PRINTING ALSO AVAILABLE}, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.; Seller Inventory # PB1111009533762

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About this Item: Hard Cover. Condition: New. Lang: -English , Pages 1748 , Reprinted in (2018) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour HARDCOVER {LEATHER BOUND EDITION WITH GOLDEN LEAF PRINTING ALSO AVAILABLE}, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.; Seller Inventory # 1111009533762

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About this Item: Leather Bound. Condition: New. CHOOSE ANY LEATHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST OPEN "View Larger Image" BUTTON JUST BELOW THE BOOK IMAGE AND MAIL US YOUR CHOICE. Our book has Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in (1640) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: -eng , Pages 1777 , Print on Demand.{FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}; Seller Inventory # LB1111015832357

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About this Item: Paper Back. Condition: New. Lang: -English , Pages 896 , Reprinted in (2018) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour SOFTCOVER {LEATHER BOUND EDITION WITH GOLDEN LEAF PRINTING ALSO AVAILABLE}, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.; Seller Inventory # PB1111009533763

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About this Item: Hard Cover. Condition: New. Lang: -English , Pages 896 , Reprinted in (2018) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is Printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour HARDCOVER {LEATHER BOUND EDITION WITH GOLDEN LEAF PRINTING ALSO AVAILABLE}, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Print on Demand.; Seller Inventory # 1111009533763

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About this Item: Leather Bound. Condition: New. CHOOSE ANY LEATHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST OPEN "View Larger Image" BUTTON JUST BELOW THE BOOK IMAGE AND MAIL US YOUR CHOICE. Our book has Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in (2020) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: -eng , Pages 1776 , Print on Demand.{FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}; Seller Inventory # LB1111016795604

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About this Item: 2018. Leather Bound. Condition: New. 896 {Size: 23.59 x 29.94 cms} Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1640]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 896, Print on Demand. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} [Please Note- Text Destroyed And Text Break, Counting Problem Language: English. Seller Inventory # LB1111009533763

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About this Item: 2018. Full Leather Bound. Condition: New. 896 {Size: 23.59 x 29.94 cms} Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade binding. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1640]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 896, Print on Demand. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. [Please Note- Text Destroyed And Text Break, Counting Problem Language: English. Seller Inventory # SD1111009533763

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About this Item: Thomas Cotes, London, 1640. Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Large thick folio, title page, dedication page, preface two pages, author's tributes ten pages, then (ii), 1734 (but actually slightly less as there are several errors of pagination), illustrated with over 2,100 woodcut figures, lacking the extra engraved title page, the 20-page addenda at the rear and the errata leaf, but otherwise complete and very sound. The contents are extremely clean and tight, there is the odd crease and an occasional tiny corner missing but overall in impressive condition. The front and rear endpapers are a little browned and marked, both front and rear hinges are cracked and showing a little silver-fish damage but there is no weakness at all. Full panelled calf, probably eighteenth century but possibly earlier, a little rubbed, a little worn at the edges, scuffed on the upper cover, rebacked fairly recently with a leather spine and red morocco label. Blanche Henrey 286. { Very heavy - extra postage will be required.}. [John Parkinson (1567 - 1650) was both the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. The Theatrum was the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its time. One of the most eminent gardeners of his day, he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden, today close to Trafalgar Square, and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen. Seller Inventory # 015181

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About this Item: 2018. Leather Bound. Condition: New. 1748 {Size: 19.78 x 26.13 cms} Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1640]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 1748, Print on Demand. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} [Please Note :- Text Destroyed And Text Black] Language: English. Seller Inventory # LB1111009533762

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About this Item: 2018. Full Leather Bound. Condition: New. 1748 {Size: 19.78 x 26.13 cms} Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade binding. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1640]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 1748, Print on Demand. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. [Please Note :- Text Destroyed And Text Black] Language: English. Seller Inventory # SD1111009533762

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About this Item: Leather Bound. Condition: New. CHOOSE ANY LEATHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST OPEN "View Larger Image" BUTTON JUST BELOW THE BOOK IMAGE AND MAIL US YOUR CHOICE. Our book has Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in (2018) with the help of original edition published long back (1640). This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: -eng , Pages 886 , Print on Demand.{FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}; Seller Inventory # LB1111009533764

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About this Item: 2020. Softcover. Condition: NEW. Softcover edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1640 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. THERE MIGHT BE DELAY THAN THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE DUE TO COVID-19. Pages: 1788. Seller Inventory # S990012574458

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About this Item: Pranava Books, 2020. Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Language: eng Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1640 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. THERE MIGHT BE DELAY THAN THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE DUE TO COVID-19. Pages: 1788 Pages: 1788. Seller Inventory # LB100152838677

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About this Item: Thomas Cotes, London, 1640. FIRST EDITION. Complete with the engraved frontispiece signed by W. Marshall mounted on blank leaf with a small portion of the bottom corners missing. Numerous woodcut illustrations, initials, chapter headpieces, tailpieces. An actual leaf from a small "madder" pressed in between pp. 276 and 277. "Errata" with cropped margins pasted and mounted on last leaf. Occasional annotations. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, red fore-edge; interior excellent. From the library of Charles Carmichael Lacaita (1853-1933) and his wife Mary Doyle (c. 1853-1924) with their bookplate. Charles was a British politician based in Sussex and served as a Member of Parliament for Dundee. He was also an avid botanist and eventually had nineteen plant species named after him. Seller Inventory # 17501

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About this Item: Printed by Tho. Cotes, London, 1640. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition. Folio, 34.5 x 24 cm. [20] 1755 pp. Lacking engraved title, final 3 pages of errata. Rebound in modern leather. Fine binding. 5 raised bands. Gilt flourish and title to spine. Restoration to title page. Some toning, spotting and marginal soiling/staining. Offsetting to woodcuts. Dampstaining, corrosion to first leaves with loss to text. Occasional old ink corrections and marginalia. Final leaf remounted. Parkinson held the position of Botanicus Regius Primarius to Charles I and Apothecary to James I. Parkinson's Theatrum Botanicum is the largest of the English herbals (nearly double that of the first edition of Gerard's). "While Parkinson's reputation was established by the appearance of his Paradisus in 1629, the latter was overshadowed by the publication in 1640 of what was his much greater work, the Theatrum Botanicum . This digest attempted the description of nearly 4,000 plants, almost 1000 more than were contained in Johnson's edition of Gerard. The descriptions in many instances are new and great care was exercised to secure accuracy in indicating localities."- Green. The Botanicum was the most complete and beautifully presented English botanical treatise of its day. "One of the two main pillars of botany in England at the time of Ray" (Henrey). Parkinson's work, although based on Matthias L'Obel's works, was in large part original. It was the first work to describe 33 native plants, 13 of which grew near Parkinson's Middlesex home. Some of these plants, such as the Welsh poppy, the Strawberry Tree and the Lady's Slipper, were very common but had gone unnoticed or at least unrecorded. He intended the book to be a reliable guide for apothecaries, and it remained so for more than a hundred years after his death. Refs: Henrey 286; Hunt 235; STC 19302; Nissen 1490; Garrison-Morton, 1823; Norman 1643; Green, Landmarks of Botanical History. Seller Inventory # 1801030013

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