Original 17th C Antique Botanical John Parkinson "The Garden of Pleasant Flowers" Hand Colored Woodcut (Page 89), Framed

Description

Original Antique botanical print by JOHN PARKINSON (BRITISH, 1567-1650) page 89 from THE GARDEN OF PLEASANT FLOWERS, 1629 hand colored … more Original Antique botanical print by JOHN PARKINSON (BRITISH, 1567-1650) page 89 from THE GARDEN OF PLEASANT FLOWERS, 1629 hand colored woodcut, framed. Reverse of print is seen here, but frame would have to be dismantled to see the back of the print.

Dimensions
11" W x 15.75" H x 1.5" D
Image - 8” W x 11.5” H

Acquired from a large art auction in Colorado in 2023. More recently framed.

From - PARADISI IN SOLE PARADISUS TERRESTRIS. OR A GARDEN OF ALL SORTS OF PLEASANT FLOWERS WHICH OUR ENGLISH AYRE WILL PERMITT TO BE NOURSED
Parkinson, John
Published by printed by Humfrey Lownes and Robert Young at the signe of the Starre on Bread-street hill, London, 1629

John Parkinson was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. "The earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England" less