Switzer; Christopher (fl.c.1610-c.1620); wood engraver
Date
1656
Scope & content
Black and white title page from 'Paradisus terrestris' by John Parkinson. The title page is a woodcut, depicting within an oval roundel the Garden of Eden, with the Tetragrammaton at the top, Adam and Eve tending plants, and a variety of plants including tulips, cacti, a banana, and a vegetable lamb. The book plate bears the imprint 'With the right orderinge planting & preserving of them and their uses & vertues. Collected by John Parkinson. Apothecary of London.'