Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers.
Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers.
by PARKINSON, John (1567-1650)
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London: Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young, 1629. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (312 x 200 mm). Woodcut title with a Garden of Eden scene signed "A Switzer" (title-page laid down, margins shaved); woodcut portrait; one full-page garden design woodcut; 109 full-page woodcuts, one small orchard plan woodcut; one small woodcut of tools and methods of grafting. Lacking index and table (9 leaves) following pg. 612, the completion of the main text. Marginal repairs to several leaves occasionally affecting text and plates, some soiling. Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn). FIRST EDITION of "one of the most beloved of all early English books on gardening" (Hunt). Parkinson's work remains one of the best single sources of information on early 17th-century gardening practices and styles in England, "in such a delightful, homey style that gardeners cherish it to the present day" (Hunt). Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen BBI 1489; Pritzel 6933. Incomplete. SOLD AS IS.
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- WB19263
- Title
- Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers.
- Author
- PARKINSON, John (1567-1650)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1629
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