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English: Engraving of English herbalist and botanist John Parkinson (15671650).

Français : Portrait de John Parkinson. Gravure de 1640 extraite de Theatrum botanicum tirée d'Herbals d'Agnes Arber (1912).
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Source From Parkinson, John (1640). Theatrum Botanicum : 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. Shevving vvithall the Many Errors, Differences, and Oversights of Sundry Authors that have Formerly Written of Them; and a Certaine Confidence, or most Probable Conjecture of the True and Genuine Herbes and Plants. Distributed into Sundry Classes or Tribes, for the More Easie Knowledge of the Many Herbes of One Nature and Property, with the Chiefe Notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and Others Inserted therein. Collected by the Many Years Travaile, Industry, and Experience in this Subject, by Iohn Parkinson Apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbalist. And Published by the Kings Majestyes Especiall Priviledge. London: Thomas Cotes. Reprinted in Agnes Arber (1912). Herbals : Their Origin and Evolution : A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470–1670. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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current07:53, 18 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 07:53, 18 April 2012582 × 781 (151 KB)Materialscientist (talk | contribs)a tidied crop from http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/B20645, other version is at http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/B20646
16:05, 26 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:05, 26 February 2006397 × 542 (154 KB)Valérie75 (talk | contribs)'''John Parkinson''' British botanist Sujet : Portrait de John Parkinson Source : Gravure de 1640 extraite de Theatrum botanicum tirée d'Herbals d'Agnes Arber (1912). Image du domaine public. Artiste : Inconnu

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