John Evelyn | Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, York, 1786, modern green half morocco

John Evelyn

Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees. York: printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley and others, 1786

2 volumes, 4to (278 x 225mm.), 43 plates, mostly hand-coloured, one folding, 2 folding tables, modern green half morocco, spine slightly sunned

The "New Edition" of this important work; "It contains an enormous amount of information concerning the cultivation of the various kinds of forest trees, and the uses of their timber, together with facts and anecdotes obtained from books, both classical and contemporary. The work was a success from the start. Its publication gave a great stimulus to planting in Britain [....] No other work on arboriculture exerted a greater influence on forestry in this country than Evelyn's Sylva” (Henrey).

LITERATURE:

Henrey, p. 138; Nissen BBI 615