Author: EVELYN, JOHN; HUNTER, A [ED.]
Title: Silva: Or a Discourse of Forest - Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As It Was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662. 2 Volume Set
Description: York: J Dodsley; T Cadell; J Robson; R Baldwin; J Todd, 1786. New Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 320mm x 250mm (13" x 10"). [xlv], 311pp + index; 343pp + index; [vii], 74pp + index. 43 b/w plates (1 fold-out) + 2 fold-out tables (same table in both volumes). 'Upon Occasion of certain quaeries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and use of Standing Groves. To which is added the Terra; A Philosophical Discourse of Earth'. Heraldic bookplate on paste-down of Joseph Henry Straker 'Deus Est Super Domum'. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.. G: in good condition. Contemporary re-binding. Covers marked and scuffed. Splitting to outer hinges. Inner hinge cracking. Heraldic bookplate to front paste-downs. Some foxing and off-setting, sometimes heavy. Edge-tear to volume II table (impinging) .

Keywords: Trees Farming and Country 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian


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