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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 day of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honourable the principal officers and commissioners of the Navy. Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves / By John Evelyn. With notes by A. Hunter.

Accession number
PML 152633.1-2
Creator
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Published
York : Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley, 1786.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
In v. 2: "Terra, a philosophical discourse of earth" has separate signatures & paging & special t.p.
In v. 2: p. 320 misnumbered 220.
Plates by T. Miller and others.
Plates are hand-colored.
Bookplate of Frederick Charles Wilson on paste-down endpaper.
Description
2 v. in 1 : plates (2 fold.), port. ; 31 cm
Provenance
Frederick Charles Wilson; from the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Bound in green-straight-grained contemporary morocco over boards. Edges gilt with marbled endpapers.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books