Silva:

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The fifth edition of John Evelyn's Silva, a pioneering horticultural text described by Henrey as "the first important book to be published in this country on forest trees". Fifth edition; two parts in one volume, folio (32.5 x 21.5 cm); title printed in red and black, nine engraved illustrations in-text, additional engraved decorative devices, leaves somewhat cockled, outer margins lightly browned, dark mark to fore edge of p. 41 of second part; contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, corners restored, edges sprinkled red, later endpapers with bookplate and biographical cutting tipped in; [1], xxviii, 329; vi, [iv], 235, [5] pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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