Sylva, or a Discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions. As it was deliver’d in the Royal Society the xvth of October, MDCLXII. upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honourable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy. Terra, a philosophical essay of earth, being a lecture in course. To which is annexed Pomona: or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider; the making, and several ways of ordering it. Published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium Hortense; or, The gard’ners almanac; directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year.

Evelyn, John.

Published by London: printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at the Bell in St Paul’s Church-Yard, 1679.

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Folio. [72], 412, 38, [2]pp. General title-page and "Kalendarium" title-page in red-and-black. With an initial blank leaf. Includes indexes. "A philosophical discourse of earth . The second edition improv?d, 1678" and "Pomona . The third edition with additions" each have separate title-pages dated 1678; pagination and register are continuous. "Kalendarium Hortense . The fifth edition, with many useful additions" has separate dated title-page and pagination; register is continuous. With final errata leaf. Nineteenth-century half brown morocco over cloth. Illustrated. With several ownership inscriptions, most prominently by Thomas Holford, dated 1681, on the first free endpaper. ESTC R5987; Wing E3518; Keynes, G. John Evelyn, 42.

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• Title: Sylva, or a Discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions. As it was deliver?d in the Royal Society the xvth of October, MDCLXII. upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honourable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy. Terra, a philosophical essay of earth, being a lecture in course. To which is annexed Pomona: or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider; the making, and several ways ...
• Publisher: London: printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at the Bell in St Paul?s Church-Yard, 1679.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good