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
Borrowdale, Cumbria
NT 3009723
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(50,[2],330;393,[9],88,[2]p.),[46] plates (some folded) . port.. . 4to.. Manuscript note on pastedown: Vol I wrongly marked Vol 2.. Binding: Early nineteenth-century quarter leather, sewn onto five raised bands; marbled paper over boards; gilt-lettered on spines: Evelyn's Silva & Terra.
Makers and roles
John Evelyn (1620-1706) Alexander Hunter (1729-1809)