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London, UK: John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society. Rebound in half leather over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt motif and gilt lettering. 508pp. 4 illus. to the text plus 1 full page illus. Includes dedications To the King and To the Reader, and the poem, The Garden, by Abraham Cowley. A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, 2nd ed., improv'd. 1678; Pomona, 3rd ed. with Addition, 1678; Kalendarium Hortensium, 5th ed., 1679. Corners slightly bumped and spine, corners and edges a little rubbed. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Page 271-272 missing; also final pages of The Table to Kapinus's Nemus and the Philosophical Discourse of Earth. Overall, a lovely copy. HEAY BOOK - WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Very Good-. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1679.

Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al, 1776 [&] 1787. 2 vols in 1. 4to (11¾ x 9¾ ins). Contemporary full tree calf, later re-backed, with elaborately gilt tooled spine neatly relaid and replaced label, board edges gilt tooled with gilt borders and marbled endpapers (boards a little pitted and scratched and corners bumped). Pp. [liv] + 649 + [1] blank [&] [viii] + 74 + [4] index + [9] catalogue + [1] blank + 609-648 [misbound] + [9] index + [1] blank, illus with portrait frontispiece, 41 plates (1 folding) and 2 folding tables (rear inner hinge pulled; some pages and plates toned at edges; previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions).

for John Martyn, London., 1679. 3rd. Ed.. pp.lxx, 412, 38 plus Errata leaf. With four illustrations in the text, one full-page plate and eight pages of tables. Small folio. Hardback. Inscriptions dated 1768 and 1882 to ffep and ‘Qui serunt arbores alteri seculo prosunt’ and its English translation to verso. Neat signature to title page. Crested bookplate of James Barlow. Title page expertly repaired to margin fore-edge, early repair to another leaf. Contents in thor. vg. condition - please ask for further information. More recently rebound in period style full leather with gilt lettering, raised bands and blind tooled decoration, all in fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. ‘The first important book to be published in this country on forest trees’ (Henrey). ‘Each treatise has a separate title-page. ‘Terra’ is the ‘second edition’ (1678), ‘Pomona’ is of the ‘third edition’ (1678) and ‘Kalendarium Hortense’ is of the ‘fifth edition’ (1679). This edition also contains Abraham Cowley’s poem ‘The… Read More

London: John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1679 A very good copy of John Evelyn's (1620-1706) famous work in new quarter leather binding, retaining the original spine with raised bands, and adding new calf endcaps, shoulder strips and marbled boards. With title page in red and black inks covering all 4 sections of the work. Sylva is the 3rd edition revised by Evelyn and with a new dedication to the King. It is the first edition to contain the poem 'The Garden' written by Abraham Cowley. With 2 page dedication to the King, 16 pp note to the Reader, 4 pp poems, 2pp 'Advertisement' - containing definitions, 'The Garden' with dedication 7pp and Table of Chapters - the index for the whole 4 books. Pagination is continuous for Sylva, Terra and Pomona. Sylva is pp 1-281 and contains 4 engravings, one full page, and 8 pp of tables. Terra has a separate title page - and is listed as the 2nd edition - improved, 1678. It is dedicated to Viscount Brouncker and text runs to… Read More

London: Printed for J. Walthoe, J. Knapton, D. Midwinter...[et al.] 1729 Fifth edition of Evelyn's most celebrated. The first edition (Sylva) was published in 1664, and has the distinction of being the first official publication of the Royal Society. Later editions contain additional material. Brown calf ruled in gilt with a gilt-lettered spine. Edges speckled red. . Folio. Title page printed in red and black. Textual engravings and diagrams in addition to engraved borders, headbands, tailpieces, and initial letters. A few leaves misnumbered and a few gatherings missigned. Binding extremities lightly worn and rubbed with some minor chipping to spine and back cover. Crown of spine worn away less than 1/4." Very minor foxing. Engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown. A very good copy. John Evelyn (1620-1706) is well known for his work Diary. In 1652, he commenced working on the garden at Sayes Court, which began his interest in botany and garden history. This led to his writing the Elysium… Read More

London: printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at the Bell in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1679.. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. [72], 412, 38, [2]pp. General title-page and "Kalendarium" title-page in red-and-black. With an initial blank leaf. Includes indexes. "A philosophical discourse of earth ... The second edition improv'd, 1678" and "Pomona ... The third edition with additions" each have separate title-pages dated 1678; pagination and register are continuous. "Kalendarium Hortense ... The fifth edition, with many useful additions" has separate dated title-page and pagination; register is continuous. With final errata leaf. Nineteenth-century half brown morocco over cloth. Illustrated. With several ownership inscriptions, most prominently by Thomas Holford, dated 1681, on the first free endpaper. ESTC R5987; Wing E3518; Keynes, G. John Evelyn, 42.

London: Printed for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1679. Third edition, "much inlarged, and improved," etc.. Illustrated with 5 copper-engravings in the text, including one full-page. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked. Black morocco spine label. Very good, with generous margins. Third edition, "much inlarged, and improved," etc. Illustrated with 5 copper-engravings in the text, including one full-page. 1 vols. Folio. Evelyn's Sylva , first published in 1664, is a treatise on forestry, written to promote the cultivation of timber for building the Royal Navy. As Disraeli wrote: "It was an author in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the late victories of our national sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed and they can tell you that it was with the oaks that the genius of Evelyn planted." This is the first edition to include Abraham Cowley's poem, "The Garden" and Evelyn's… Read More

4to. York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley et al., 1786. 4to, 2 vols: [46], 311, [9] pp. with portrait and 29 plates (1 folding); [2], 343, [10] pp. with 14 plates (2 folding), plus Terra [viii], 74, [4] pp. with separate title page, 2 tables and 1 plate. In total portrait and 44 plates (3 folding) and 2 tables. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked preserving original labels. Early ink signature of Charles Talbot on the title pages, later ownership inscriptions on dedication and front free endpapers. Boards a little scuffed and worn, pastedowns split at joints, occasional light offsetting from the plates and negligible foxing, some creasing and closed tears to folding plates, but overall a very good, bright, well-margined copy with clean plates. § A handsome wide-margined copy of the last (and most complete) edition of the 18th- century. "The Royal Society, founded in 1660 and patronised by Charles II in 1661, finally received its Royal Charter with permission to publish in 1662. The first books… Read More