EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, Or a discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. London: John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (295 x 185mm). Title in red and black with engraved arms, woodcuts. (Occasional marginal waterstaining, soiling.) 18th-century calf (rubbed, corners bumped, a few wormholes to spine). Provenance: early annotations.

EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, Or a discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. London: John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664. 3 parts in one volume, 2° (295 x 185mm). Title in red and black with engraved arms, woodcuts. (Occasional marginal waterstaining, soiling.) 18th-century calf (rubbed, corners bumped, a few wormholes to spine). Provenance: early annotations.

FIRST EDITION of the first official production of the Royal Society. Henrey 132; Hunt 296; Norman 745; Wing E-3516.