Silva Discourse Forest Trees Propagation by Evelyn John (142 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, as It Was Delivered in The 1.39. Book.

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Folio, xxviii+330pp. [and], x+240pp. Original boards in chipped and marked dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations; some marking to edges, otherwise a very good copy. . One of 500 copies. Facsimile of the 1729 fifth edition.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. 1812, 4th edition. Two Volumes bound as one. Quarto. 24cm x 30cm approx. xii, 13-50, [2] 330pp & 393, [8] 88pp. Portrait frontispiece and 45 engraved plates (2 folding). Some foxing and off-setting from the plates. Bound in a full cloth, gilt ruling and titles to spine. Square and firm. Some darkening and soiling to spine/covers. The marbling of the page edges has faded. With replacement end papers and blanks. Heraldic bookplates to the front paste-down end paper. A 'Good+' copy.

Condition: Very good. John Evelyn (illustrator). 2 vols in one, large 8vo. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Evelyn by F. Bartolozzi dated 1776, 39 engraved plates (1 folding), most drawn and engraved by J. Miller, printed on heavy laid paper; occasional offsetting, but a nice copy. Contemporary calf, flat spine with 8 gilt bands with elaborate gilt flora and foliage decoration between, red morocco lettering-piece, covers with gilt border of flora and foliage, marbled endpapers; some wear.The âNew Editionâ of this important work. Evelynâs Sylva was first presented as a paper to the Royal Society on 16 February 1662. The paper was first issued in book form in 1664, By 1729, the work had gone through six editions. In 1776 Alexander Hunter (1729-1809) edited a new edition with illustrations by John Miller, The Hunter version subsequently went through four more editions from 1786 to 1825.In his preface to the 1776 edition, Hunter wrote, âSince the first edition of the Silva, in 1664, many improvements have been made in planting, and in every branch of natural knowledge. It, therefore, became my indispensable duty to bring down the improvements to the present time. These make the subject of the Notes, which are drawn from the most respectable authorities.âJohn Evelyn (1620-1706) is justly celebrated for his Diary, which he kept throughout his life. His diary and that of his friend Samuel Pepys provide an invaluable picture of 17th-century England. His Silva was produced for the commissioners of the Royal Navy. Evelyn produced some thirty other books. Among them is Sculptura (1662), a small book on engraving and etching, in which he announced a new process: the mezzotint.A very nice copy of one of the seminal works on forestryReferences: Keynes, Evelyn 47; Henrey p. 138; Nissen BBI 615; Pritzel 2766Provenance: J. G. (engraved 18th-century armorial bookplate).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes Quarto (305 x 240 mm.), Complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait by and after F. Bartolozzi, dedication leaf, and the 42 engraved plates, one double-page, all but three coloured by a contemporary hand, [with foxing], folding letterpress tables. With TERRA: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth. Relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation, and the Prorogation of Plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society. Original Binding, 18th Century Red Russia, gilt ruled, family armorial gilt crests, inner dentelle, marbled end-papers with contemporary Book-plates, All edges gilt. Provenance : G.W. Wentworth, Armorial Bookplates, (Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth (1773-1834) Wooley Hall near Leeds.) The "New Edition" of this important work; "It contains an enormous amount of information concerning the cultivation of the various kinds of forest trees, and the uses of their timber, together with facts and anecdotes obtained from books, both classical and contemporary. The work was a success from the start. Its publication gave a great stimulus to planting in Britain. No other work on arboriculture exerted a greater influence on forestry in this country than Evelyn's Sylva." (Henrey). Henrey, p. 138; Nissen BBI 615.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. London, Stobart and Son, 1979 [facsimile]/ 1729 (fifth edition). Folio, [iv, blank], [ii]], xxviii, 330, x, 240 pages. Cloth; a fine copy with the dustwrapper slightly rubbed, marked and torn with trifling loss. With the John Dowie-designed bookplate of Audrey Abbie. One of 500 copies.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 452. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1825 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 452 Volume 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th edition. 4to. Contemporary Cambridge style calf, rebacked. Signature of Robert W. Fox to title. Upper right corner of title and preliminaries stained, a reasonably fresh copy otherwise throughout. A popular and important work on forestry in England that went through many editions.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 5th edition, (ii) xxviii 212 211-280 277-329 (ie 335) [1] vi (iv) 235 [5]pp, pp.275-280 (sigs. *Aaaa2, Bbbb1) are inserted between pp.274 and 277, later calf, rebacked in slightly lighter leather, inner joints reinforced with cloth, cracked internally at a2, some worm damage in the top margin (one tiny hole Fff-Sss2, small track Ttt-4A2 and more extensive track 6T to end eventually touching the header), armorial bookplate (George Austin Moultrie, Aston Hall) on front pastedown with his signature on the title page, modern woodcut bookplate by Andy English on front free endpaper, folio (31.5x20cm), Henrey 136, T113852, may cost more to ship than quoted by ABE.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 4th edition, with the editor's last corrections, and a short memoir of him, 2 volumes, xii 13-52 330: 372 371-393 [ie 395] [1] (viii) 88pp, portrait frontispiece, 45 plates (2 folding), half titles, later attractive gilt ruled morocco, red morocco label, relacement endpapers, paper toned, some foxing (heavy in places), offsetting from plates, 2 modern bookplates on front pastedowns, 4to (297x237mm).

Full Contemporary Calf. Condition: General Cover Wear. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. Panelled spine, red spine label. Covers with blind-stamp double fillet borders, central darker panel, corner florettes. Engraved frontispiece of the author, done 50 years earlier. Title-page variant with a comma after Evelyn. Front cover is loosened but remains intact. "as it was delivered in the Royal Societt the xvth of October, MDCLXII." "Silva" is in two books in same volume. Together with four additional accounts: "Terra, a philosophical essay of Earth", 1706, third edition; "Pomona, or an appendix concerning fruit-trees.", 1706, fourth edition; "Acetaria, or a discourse of sallets.", 1706, second edition, and "Kalendarium Hortense, or a gardener's almanack", 1706, tenth edition. Clean copy throughout with wide margins. John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a well-known English writer, gardener, and dfiarist, a comtemporary of Pepys. Size: Tall Quarto.

2 Bde. in 1 Bd. 4°. Gestochenes Porträt des Autors von F. Bartolozzi, 40 (1 gefaltete) Kupfertafeln (gezeichnet und gestochen von J. Miller), 1 Aquatinta-Tafel, 2 gefaltete Tabellen, (23 Bl.), 309 S. - 343 S., (9 Bl.) - (3 Bl.), 74 S., (2 Bl.). Luxuriöser Halblederband im Stil der Zeit mit Rückenschild und reicher Rückenvergoldung. Nissen, BBI 615; Pritzel 2766; DSB IV, 494: "Evelyn's principal work. Silva was the first book published by order of the (Royal) Society. It was an immediate success. Silva is not a scientific work but the exhortation of a lover of trees to his countrymen to repair the damage caused by the civil war. Alexander Hunter popularized Silva with an extensively annotated edition." - Der englische Gelehrte J. Evelyn (1620-1706) verfaßte mehrere Schriften über Baumzucht, Gartenbau, Architektur, Bildhauerei etc. sowie ein kultur- und kunstgeschichtlich wertvolles, 1817 wiederentdecktes Tagebuch für die Jahre 1641-1697. - Die "Terra" mit eigenem Titel. Die Ausgaben vor 1776 sind nicht illustriert. - Schönes, breitrandiges Exemplar, vereinzelt minimal stockfleckig. Die "Terra" von S. 25 bis zum Schluß in oberer rechter Ecke etwas wasserrandig. Sprache: Englisch.

Condition: Buono (Good). 0. 2 volumi in-4°, pagine 50, [2], 330; 393, [9], 88. Ritratto dell'Autore in antiporta e 45 tavole compless. fuori testo, di cui alcune ripiegate. Arrossature sparse nei volumi ma esemplare in condizioni accettabili. Legatura in pieno vitello coevo con ampie dec. in oro, sguardie e taglio marmorizz. Dorsi un po' lisi, piatti allentati. Book.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. 4to, [liv] - includes Life of John Evelyn, and Subscriber's List, 649, [x] - Index. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Francesco Bartolozzi, plus 41 plates mostly by John Miller (1715 - c.1792) all with tissue guards. Of those, there are 38 contemporary hand-coloured plates, one being a folding colour plate by W. Burgh, and one large folding letterpress table. Contemporary full calf bordered with a gilt Greek key design, stone-patterned marbled endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart. to front pastedown. Stamp-sized printed plate "H.W. to F.F.G. 1840" in upper outer corner of pastedown. Very occasional light offsetting to text (due to ink used in the printing). One contemporary ink note in the bottom margin of p. 499, otherwise the interior is quite clean and bright. Covers scuffed, skillfully rebacked some time ago, gilt-stamped title direct to flat-back spine, corners consolidated, matching marbled paper used on hinges. Overall, a very good, clean copy, scarce with the contemporary hand-coloured plates. First published in 1664, this is the first Hunter edited edition.