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The ornamental title-page of the Theatrum Botanicum. The two main figures, Adam and Solomon, represent toil and tvisdom, re- 

 spectively. On the four corners are female figures representing the known continents, each surrounded by specimens of its vegetation. 

 Clockwise from the upper left these are: Asia, Europe, America, and Africa. At the bottom is a portrait of Parkinson. This 

 month's cover is taken from John Gerard's Herball, from ivhich many of the illustrations for the Theatrum Botanicum were derived. 



