Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty’s Dominions: ..

York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, J. Robson, T. Durham, W. Crrech and J. Balfour, 1776.
Sixth Edition.

29.5cm x 23cm. [lvi], 649 pages, frontispiece, 40 plates (1 folding), 1 folding table. Half leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering, all edges marbled.

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, Joseph Banks, and Edward Gibbon (among many others), and the large folding explanatory table; as well as much marginalia to the first chapter.

Some rubbing to binding. Occasional foxing. Plates with light tanning and offsetting. Light stain to top edge of frontispiece. Very Good Condition.

AU$1,000.00

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