Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions / by J.E. Esq. ; as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the xvth of October, MDCLXII, upon occasion of certain quaeries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honorable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy ; to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider, the making and several ways of ordering it ... ; also Kalendarium hortense, or, Gard'ners almanac, directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Contributor:

Martyn, John, active 1649-1680, bookseller.

Allestry, James, -1670, bookseller.

Macock, John, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Forests and forestry.

Fruit trees--Early works to 1800.

Fruit trees.

Cider--Early works to 1800.

Cider.

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Gardening.

Great Britain.

Penn Provenance:

Lamborn, Robert H. (donor) (RBC copy 1)

Cheadle, John (autograph) (RBC copy 1)

Bromley, Mr. (inscription, 1708) (RBC copy 1)

Wright, Mr. (inscription) (RBC copy 1)

Fuegi, John (donor) (RBC copy 2)

Francis, Jo (donor) (RBC copy 2)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 120 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5-20 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 21-40 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 41-50 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 55-83 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Sylva

Discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions

Discourse of forest trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions

Fingerprint:

i-th E.y. heus whth (3) 1664 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shop ..., MDCLXIV [1664]

Notes:

J.E. is John Evelyn. Cf. ESTC.

First ed. Cf. Keynes.

"Published by express order of the Royal Society."

Signatures: A-R⁴, ²A-C⁴ chi1 D-F⁴(F2+2chi1) G⁴ H⁴(-H1) I-L⁴ [M]1.

Leaf C1 signed "B"; leaves ²A2 and ²A3 signed "A" and "A2", respectively.

Title in red and black; title and text of Kalendarium hortense in red and black.

Engraved title vignette (arms of the Royal Society).

Woodcut illustrations, title vignettes, and initials and factotum.

Printed marginalia.

Pomona and Kalendarium hortense together have separate signatures and pagination.

Pomona has special dated title leaf which reads: Pomona, or an appendix concerning fruit-trees, in relation to cider, the making and several ways of ordering it. Virg. Eglog. ix. Carpent tua poma nepotes. London, printed by John Martyn and James Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shop at the Bell in St Paul's church-yard. MDCLXIV.

Kalendarium hortense has special dated title leaf which reads: Kalendarium hortense: or, the gardners almanac; directing what he is to do monethly, throughout the year. Columella de cult. Hort, lib. 10. Invigilate viri, tacito nam tempora gressu diffugiunt, nullóque sono convertitur annus. London, printed by J. Macock, for John Martin, and James Allestry, and are to be sold at their shop, at the sign of the bell in St Paul's church-yard. MDCLXIV.

Errata on leaf [M]1r.

Local Notes:

RBC copy 1: former owner's signature had been cut out and new one pasted on t.p.

RBC copy 1 has p. 1-4 of Ponoma misbound preceding p. 1 of Sylva.

RBC copy 2: leaves of gatherings A-B bound in as follows: A2, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, A1, A3.

RBC copy 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by John Fuegi and Jo Francis.

RBC copy 2 has ms. notes and marks in pencil in text; ms. notes, marks, and corrections to text in ink.

RBC copy 2 bound in full contemporary blind-tooled calf; gold-ruled cover edges; 6 raised bands on spine; all edges stippled red and blue(?).

RBC copy 2: pastedowns detached; portion of back pastedown excised.

Cited in:

ESTC R12326

Keynes, G. Evelyn (1968 ed.), 40

Wing E3516

Pritzel 3050

Contains:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Pomona.

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Kalendarium hortense.

OCLC:

41880534