XJF468512 Frontispiece for \'Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris\' by John Parkinson, published 1629 (engraving) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Parkinson (1567-1650) was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first English botanists; He was apothecary to James I and later Royal Botanist to Charles I; The title of this book which describes the proper cultivation of plants punningly translates as \'Park-in-Sun\'s Earthly Paradise\';); English, out of copyright.