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Parkinson, John (1567-1650) Theatrum Botanicum, the Theater of Plantes, or An Herball of Large Extent.
London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.
First edition, folio, with engraved and typographical title, lacking text leaves 845/846 & 847/848 (supplied from another, slightly smaller copy), illustrated throughout with approximately 2,600 woodcut text illustrations of plants; ex libris John Ruskin (1819-1900), with his bookplate pasted inside the front board and a check drawn by Joanna Ruskin Severn on Ruskin's behalf tipped in after the title page; English ownership description dated 1641 to engraved title, bookplate of American zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865-1947) inside front board; contemporary boards, rather defective, preliminaries with some faults, becoming detached, text block split in half at the approximate center of the book, 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
