PARKINSON, John.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris. A finely bound facsimile of the first edition, suitably presented in Renaissance-style white pigskin. The beautifully illustrated work, which was the earliest significant English horticultural treatise, describes almost 1,000 plants from the garden of the botanist John Parkinson (1567-1650), the apothecary to James I.Provenance: Paul Edward Chevalier (b. 1939), his sale Christie's New York 9 November 1990, lot 98 – Stephen C. Massey, purchased from E. Joseph, London, 14 December 1990.

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