Paradisi in Sole Paradisus terrestris

Abstract

THIS is a handsome reprint of a notable book, which, even in its original form, never made so brave a show as does this facsimile, with its fine type, excellent paper, rough edges, and grey paper boards. The page illustrations suffer somewhat in sharpness, owing to the process by which they have been reproduced, in comparison with the cuts in the older editions, which were worked from the blocks themselves. It is a genuine reprint; with the exception of a half-title and the title-page set out above, the old herbalist's book is left to tell its own tale. We are glad to be spared the modern editor's introduction, which in this instance would have been an infliction.

Paradisi in Sole Paradisus terrestris.

By John Parkinson. Faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629. Pp. 1 + 612. (London: Methuen and Co., 1904.) Price 2l. 2s. net.