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
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 3009722
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(50,[2],330;393,[9],88,[2]p.),[46] plates (some folded) . port.. . 4to.. Imp.: - final leaf (directions to binder). Provenance: Manuscript in pencil on vol. 1 flyleaf: Marked in Sotheran & Co. 1880 in boards Đ1,,16. B. Armorial bookplate: The Right Honorable Benjamin Disraeli (quartered with Viney). Binding: Nineteenth-century calf over boards, triple gilt fillet on covers, gilt spine tooling, dark red and brown spine labels, double fillet on board outers and inners, marbled edges to match endpapers
Makers and roles
John Evelyn (1620-1706) Alexander Hunter (1729-1809)