PARKINSON (JOHN) Paradisi in sole, paradisus terrestris. A Garden of all Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, FIRST EDITION, allegorical woodcut title by A. Switzer, woodcut portrait of Parkinson, full-page woodcut of a garden design, 109 full-page woodcut illustrations depicting some 780 varieties of plants, 2 smaller woodcut illustrations, title shaved at margins with small tear repaired, arc of staining at fore-edge of approximately 20 leaves, one preliminary leaf and index leaves at end strengthened with old paper at margins (some loss of text final 4, especially last touching imprint, 2 loose), corner torn away from 2 text leaves (touching letters on pp.455/6), nineteenth century half calf, crudely rebacked [ESTC S115360; Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen BBI 1489], folio (310 x 193mm.), [H. Lownes and R. Young], 1629 Footnotes: First edition of 'the earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England' (Henrey). Provenance: Catherine and Stephen Rogers, of Gnosall, Staffordshire, several ownership inscriptions (dated 1810), including verso of title, dedication leaf, and border of portrait. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com