EVELYN, John (1620?1706). Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-T...

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  EVELYN, John (1620?1706). Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber. London: printed for Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, 1664. Three parts in one including ?Pomona, or an Appendix Concerning Fruit-Trees, in Relation to Cider?; with separate title, pagination, and register; and ?Kalendarium Hortense: or, the Gard?ners Almanac...?; with separate title. Folio. [16], 120; [4], 82; appears to be lacking the final leaves (sigs. L4 and 3chi1); Evelyn?s ?Animadversion? inserted before A2. Main title printed in red and black with an engraving of the arms of the Royal Society. Intertextual woodcut illustrations. Rebound in modern half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, upper compartment titled in gilt, renewed endpapers (two early engraved bookplates to preliminary blank leaf, occasional dampstaining to lower margins). Keynes 40, 52, 57; Wing E3508, E3516. ?Pomona appears to have been intended strictly as an appendix to Sylva, and was never printed by itself?. (Keynes, p. 148)
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