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Two natural historical works.
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NATURAL HISTORY
Two natural historical works.
Two classics of English natural history.
Together two volumes, comprising: EVELYN, John. Silva: or a Discourse of Forest-Trees. York: 1776. Quarto (292 x 222mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 40 plates, 2 of which folding, subscriber's list (occasional faint spotting mostly confined to margins). Contemporary tree calf (upper cover with ink stains, joints cracking, later spine label). Nissen BBI 615. [Sold with:] PARKINSON, John. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris... faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629. London: 1904. Folio (374 x 240mm). Facsimile edition, half-title, vignette title, illustrations, many full-page (uncut edges faintly dust-soiled). Publisher’s linen-backed boards (covers unevenly stained, extremities rubbed with head- and tailcaps worn).
Two natural historical works.
Two classics of English natural history.
Together two volumes, comprising: EVELYN, John. Silva: or a Discourse of Forest-Trees. York: 1776. Quarto (292 x 222mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 40 plates, 2 of which folding, subscriber's list (occasional faint spotting mostly confined to margins). Contemporary tree calf (upper cover with ink stains, joints cracking, later spine label). Nissen BBI 615. [Sold with:] PARKINSON, John. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris... faithfully reprinted from the edition of 1629. London: 1904. Folio (374 x 240mm). Facsimile edition, half-title, vignette title, illustrations, many full-page (uncut edges faintly dust-soiled). Publisher’s linen-backed boards (covers unevenly stained, extremities rubbed with head- and tailcaps worn).
Sale room notice
Please refer to the Saleroom Notice on lot 93. This lot includes 2 works, Parkinson and Evelyn. The correct estimate is £400-600.
