Silva: . or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesty's dominions;as it was delivered in The Royal Society, on the 15th of October, 1662, ... Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves.
John Evelyn (1620-1706)
Category
Books
Date
1812
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3009721
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(50,[2],330;393,[9],88,[2]p.),[46] plates (some folded) . port.. . 4to.. Meade collection. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: "Rev. The Honble. Sidney Meade". Ink stamp on title page: "Frankleigh House Library". Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1998, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.. Binding: Ninteenth-century half green morocco binding; marbled paper over boards.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly from the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
John Evelyn (1620-1706) Alexander Hunter (1729-1809)