Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees

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Los 293 | Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees
Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-TreesJohn Evelyn, 1786EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees. York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al, 1786. The new edition of this highly influential book, the first important book published in England on forest trees. "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). This new edition is the first to contain Evelyn's Terra (originally published as A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, 1676), his notable contribution to horticulture. Henrey British Botanical and Horticultural Literature Before 1800, p.138; Oak Spring Silva 33. Quarto (295 x 230mm), two volumes bound in one. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Evelyn by Bartolozzi, 42 engraved plates (one folding), 3 folding printed tables. Contemporary red morocco gilt.
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