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JOHN PARKINSON’S LOST CLASSIC- 82 HERBS AND THEIR MEDICINAL USES

A LOST CLASSIC OF WESTERN HERBALISM-REDISCOVERED AND RESTORED WITH TWO HUNDRED FULL COLOR IMAGES.

HERBALIST TO KING CHARLES I, JOHN PARKINSON (1567-1650) WAS A MASTER APOTHECARY, HERBALIST, AND GARDENER. FAMOUS IN HIS OWN LIFETIME FOR HIS INFLUENTIAL BOOKS, HIS MAGNUM OPUS, THE THEATRUM BOTANICUM, WAS PUBLISHED IN 1640 AND RAN TO 1,766 LARGE PAGES. THE SHEER SCOPE AND SIZE WAS NEVER PRINTED AND, CENTURIES LATER, HAS ATTAINED THE STATUS OF AN EXTREMELY RARE AND VALUABLE BOOK. PARKINSON WAS WRITING AT A TIME WHEN WESTERN HERBALISM WAS AT ITS ZENITH, AND HIS SKILLS AS A GARDENER COMBINED PERFECTLY WITH HIS PASSION FOR SCIENCE, OBSERVATION, AND HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP.