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 3009722.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1... . 4to.. . Provenance: Manuscript in pencil on : 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 board, triple gilt fillet on cover, gilt spine tooling, dark red and brown spine label, double fillet on board outer and inner, marbled edge to match endpaper
Makers and roles
John Evelyn (1620-1706) Alexander Hunter (1729-1809)