Theatrum botanicum
Subtitle: the theater of plants; or, An herball of a large extent, containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world, with sundry gummes, and other physicall materials, than hath beene hitherto published by any before; and a most large demonstration of their natures and vertues ... distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chief notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others inserted therein
By: collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject, by John Parkinson.
Contributors: L'Obel, Matthias de, 1538-1616.; Bonham, Thomas, d. 1629?; Cotes, Thomas, d. 1641.; Mathews, Thomas George (bookplate); Mathews, C. K. (bookplate)
Publisher: Printed by Tho. Cotes
Published: 1640
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1755
Subjects: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.; Herbals -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Pre-Linnean works.; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Herball of a large extent; Theater of plants; Theater of plantes; Universall and compleate herball
Notes: Added engr. t.p.: Theatrum botanicum = The theater of plantes, or, An universall and compleate herball / composed by John Parkinson ...

Nos. 132/3 repeated; nos. 142/3, 1653/62 omitted; p. 311, 314, 608, 729, 763 incorrectly numbered 310, 318, 708, 727, 673.

S.T.C., 19302.

ROMU copy: Lacks t.p.

RBSC copy 1: Pages 1729-1730 bound between p. 1726 and 1727.

RBSC copy 2: Prelim. p. [1-4] (engr. t.p. and t.p.) and [19] and p. 797-798, 1073-1074, 1743-1744 and 1755-[1757] wanting; p. 1743-1744 and 1755 supplied in MS.  Some pages at beginning and end slightly mutilated. With the bookplates of Thomas George Mathews and of C.K. Mathews.