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Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S.
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Evelyn; William Bray
London: Henry Colburn, 1818.Author of the “Sylva,” &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, From the Year 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which is Subjoined, The Private Correspondence Between King Charles I. and His Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst His Majesty Was in Scotland, 1641, and at Other Times During the Civil War; Also Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, Ambassador to the Court of France, in the Time of King Charles I. and the Usurpation. The Whole Now First Published, From the Original Mss. in Two Volumes. Edited by William Bray. First Edition of John Evelyn’s Diary, published for the first time posthumously over 100 years after his death.
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Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions: ..
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Evelyn; A. Hunter
York: Thomas Wilson and Son for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.As it was Delivered in The Royal Society, on the 15th of October, 1662, Upon occasion of certain Queries propounded to the Illustrious Assembly, by the Hon. 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. The Fourth Edition, with the Editor’s Last Corrections, and a Short Memoir of Him. One of the most influential works on forestry ever published in which Evelyn implores landowners to plant trees. This, the 1812 edition, being the fourth edition edited by Scottish physician Alexander Hunter and with illustrations by German engraver and botanist John Miller and with the the portrait frontispiece of Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi. This edition also contains Evelyn’s Terra.