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Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions. As it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the 15th of October, 1662 upon occasion of certain quaeries propounded to that illustrious assembly by the honourable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy. Terra, a philosophical essay of earth, being a lecture in course. To which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider, the making and several ways of ordering it. Published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium hortense, or The gard'ners almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year / by John Evelyn.

Accession number
PML 53068
Creator
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Published
London : Printed for J. Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1679.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.
Notes
Special title-pages for A philosophical discourse of earth ... 2d ed. dated 1678; Pomona ... 3rd ed., dated 1678; and Kalendarium Hortense ... 5th ed., dated 1679.
Terra (2d ed., 1678), Pomona (3d ed., 1678), Kalendarium hortense (5th ed., 1679): each has special t. p.
Description
[69], 412, 38, [1] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Provenance
With the book-label of M.J. Ellison. Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
1/2 light calf.
Classification
Department