79/1813 [Botany]. Evelyn, J. Sylva. Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions (...). Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves 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 Cyder; The Making, and several Ways of Ordering it. London, R. Scott a.o., 1706, 4th enl. and corr. ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (36),384; (4),275,(5)p., engr. frontisp. portrait of the author, 11 (1x full-p.) text ills., 1 woodcut ill., contemp.blindst. panelled sprinkled calf w. later giltlettered backstrip, sm. folio.

- Spine restored (w. use of part of orig. backstrip); corners worn.

= Provenance: engr. bookplate of Alexander Cunninghame on upper pastedown. Henley 135; Pritzel 2766; cf. Nissen, BBI 615. "The Silva was written as a protest against the destruction of trees in England which was being carried on by the glass factories and iron furnaces; it succeeded in inducing land-owners to start in on a much needed restoration program that had a lasting effect on the British economy. John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a conscientious public servant who is now best rembered for his Diary. But gardens had been a life-long interest and in his horticultural works we find the public servant and country gentleman combined, in essence the best product of the English way of life" (Hunt 296 on the ed. 1664).