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  Theatrum Botanicum

  • The Theater of Plants, or An Herball of a Large Extent

  • 1640

  Immense volume, consisting of 1,688 pages and approximately 3,800 plant descriptions. Theatricum Botanicum is the magnum opus of John Parkinson (1567-1650), an early English herbalist, apothecary, and botanist. It is…

  • Author Parkinson, John, 1567-1650
  • Printer Cotes, Thomas
  • Engraver Marshall, William, active 1617-1650
  • Subject Botany, Herbals, Medicinal plants, Botany, Medical, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Materia medica