Buy this book on-line John Evelyn; Alexander Hunter : 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 Quaeries 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 GrovesJ. Dodsley, T. Cadell, et al., York, c. 1776.
Contemporary full gilt-lined calf, tastefully rebacked spine in 6 compartments of raised gilt-tooled bands and gilt floral motifs, gilt green morocco label on two, gilt text on six, board edges and inner dentelles gilt-tooled, endpapers marbled. , A desirable and handsome copy bound in decorative full calf, plates are clean and crisp., Large 4to., P. (6), blank, frontis, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface (3), blank, list of subscribers (8), biography (13), blank, to the king (3), blank, to the reader (17), glossary (2), epigraph, 1-649, blank, index (9), blank, (6)., Complete with 40 copper-engraved plates, including the frontispiece portrait of the author by Bartolozzi, as well as a folding plate of the Cawthorpe Oak. There is also a large folding data table. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of John Evelyn; Alexander Hunter : 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 Quaeries 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. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, livres rares, out-of-print books, collectables and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |