PARKINSON, JOHN. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terretris. London: R. N. for Richard Thrale, 1656. Folio, 328 x 214 mm., modern panelled calf, some browning . Second edition, additional woodcut title-page by Christopher Switzer, one full-page woodcut showing various garden ground plans, 109 full-page woodcuts of plants, 3 smaller text woodcuts, woodcut initials and ornaments. Henrey 285; Hunt 267; Nissen 1489; Wing P-495. Provenance : N. Herr, 1796, signature on letterpress title -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate and blindstamp.
PARKINSON, JOHN. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terretris. London: R. N. for Richard Thrale, 1656. Folio, 328 x 214 mm., modern panelled calf, some browning . Second edition, additional woodcut title-page by Christopher Switzer, one full-page woodcut showing various garden ground plans, 109 full-page woodcuts of plants, 3 smaller text woodcuts, woodcut initials and ornaments. Henrey 285; Hunt 267; Nissen 1489; Wing P-495. Provenance : N. Herr, 1796, signature on letterpress title -- Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate and blindstamp.
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