Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 90

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
EVELYN, JOHN. Sylva; or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber . . . to which is annexed, Pomona; or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider . . . also Kalendarium Hortense; or, Gard'ners Almanac. [48], 247, [1]; [4], 67, [1]; 33, [2] pages, including initial license leaf and errata leaf. 3 parts in one volume. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked; upper portion of contents dampstained throughout, front free endpaper and license leaf loose, 19th-century owner's pencil notes and mounted engraved matter on front and rear endpapers. London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1670

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Second edition of a work first published in 1664. "Sylva contains a wealth of interesting information and practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. Most kinds of tree found in the British Isles are systematically described" (Keynes). Henrey 133; Keynes (Evelyn) 41; Wing E3517.