EVELYN, John. Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesties Dominions, London: for John Mertyn, 1679, 2°, third edition, PRESENTATION COPY, front free endpaper inscribed: "Tho. Bedingfeld. Ex dono Jho. Evelyn Esq 1703," title printed in red and black, 3 engraved illustrations, occasional early marginalia (a few small rust holes, a few leaves with very minor marginal worming or repairs, occasional spotting), contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered with modern spine). [Henrey I, 134; Pritzel 2766]

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EVELYN, John. Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesties Dominions, London: for John Mertyn, 1679, 2°, third edition, PRESENTATION COPY, front free endpaper inscribed: "Tho. Bedingfeld. Ex dono Jho. Evelyn Esq 1703," title printed in red and black, 3 engraved illustrations, occasional early marginalia (a few small rust holes, a few leaves with very minor marginal worming or repairs, occasional spotting), contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered with modern spine). [Henrey I, 134; Pritzel 2766]
Provenance
"This Book Belongs to Says-Court", contemporary inscription [(?) in Evelyn's hand]; John Hancock, Hull, 1710, inscription on front pastedown.

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