Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions: ..
Sixth Edition.
29.5cm x 23cm. [lvi], 649 pages, frontispiece, 40 plates (1 folding), 1 folding table. Contemporary full mottled leather, later leather label, gilt lettering.
with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves. One of the most influential works on forestry ever published in which Evelyn implores landowners to plant trees. This, the 1776 edition, being the First Edition edited by Scottish physician Alexander Hunter and with illustrations by German engraver and botanist John Miller. This copy with the portrait frontispiece of Evelyn by Francesco Bartolozzi, 8 pages of subscribers including James Boswell, Captain James Cook, and Edward Gibbon (among many others), and the large folding explanatory table; also the armorial bookplate of William Moore and with neat marginalia to three leaves providing further commentary on remarkable oaks from the regions.
Spine rubbed and with some chipping to spine crown, a later leather title label added. Minor foxing, mostly to edges and final leaves. Minor tanning and offsetting to the plates. The common Ash Tree plate with very minor marginal chip to fore-edge. Minor ink mark to the verso of The Hanthorn plate. Page 501/2 with a small open tear to the gutter margin. Very Good Condition.
AU$1,500.00
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