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Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Faithfully Reprinted from the Edition of 1629. Very Large volume 1904. Paradisi was the first work published on English gardening, and has descriptions of nearly 1,000 plants, with many of the entries giving evidence of cross-breeding. It describes the proper cultivation of plants and is divided into three sections: the flower garden, the kitchen garden, and the orchard garden. At the beginning of each section, Parkinson (1567-1650) provides instructions on various topics, including the layout of gardens, tools, soil, grafting, planting and sowing. His piety as a Roman Catholic is evident in Paradisi. In his introduction, Parkinson states that the sees the botanical world as an expression of divine creation; he believed that, through gardens, mankind could recapture something of Eden.  Reproduces the text and illustrations, including the engraved title-page. CONDITION is poor as follows: Gray cloth spine with printed paper label (mostly missing) over blue-green boards. Front and rear boards have heavy soiling, staining and edge wear. LArge area of paper loss to rear board.Boards are loose but still attached.Tide mark staining to edges of initial pages.Pages generally clean with light foxing. Pages untrimmed. Huge heavy book in poor condition but plate within clean.   Approx dimensions are 39 x 24cm

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Paradisi was the first work published on English gardening, and has descriptions of nearly 1,000 plants, with many of the entries giving evidence of cross-breeding. It describes the proper cultivation of plants and is divided into three sections: the flower garden, the kitchen garden, and the orchard garden. At the beginning of each section, Parkinson (1567-1650) provides instructions on various topics, including the layout of gardens, tools, soil, grafting, planting and sowing. His piety as a Roman Catholic is evident in Paradisi. In his introduction, Parkinson states that the sees the botanical world as an expression of divine creation; he believed that, through gardens, mankind could recapture something of Eden. Reproduces the text and illustrations, including the engraved title-page. CONDITION is poor as follows: Gray cloth spine with printed paper label (mostly missing) over blue-green boards. Front and rear boards have heavy soiling, staining and edge wear. Large area of paper loss to rear board.Boards are loose but still attached.Tide mark staining to edges of initial pages.Pages generally clean with light foxing. Pages untrimmed. Huge heavy book in poor condition but plate within clean.