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Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propogation of Timber in His Majesties Dominion. By J.E. Esq; As it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society…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 Monthely throughout the Year.
London: Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shop at the Bell in S. Paul’s Church-yard, MDCLXIV. 4to, recent full speckled calf in the Cambridge style . [16], 120, [2], 4, [2], 5–20, [2], 21–50, [4], 55–83, [1] pp., errata. First edition. "A protest against the careless destruction of England’s forests to fuel the furnaces of the glass and iron industries. The work was influential in establishing a much-needed programme of reforestation that had a lasting effect on the British economy. This was the first official publication of the newly established Royal Society" (Garrison-Morton). With the eighteenth century heraldic book-plate of James Henry Newman of Dorking affixed to front paste-down, and Newman’s signature at upper right of title-page. Also with a number of early and interesting marginal notations, presumably in Newman’s hand. The best of them occurs in chapter XV Of the Birch. Evelyn writes “Lastly, of the whitest part of the old wood, found commonly in doating birches, is made the grounds of our gallants sweet-powder; to say nothing here of magisterial fasces, for which antiently the cudgels were us’d by the Lictor; as now the gentler Rods by our tyrannical Paedagogues.” To which Newman has responded in an adjacent note: “It is very likely that before this gentleman had so much learning, it was driven into his Nockum by this sort of Tyranny.” REFERENCES: Wing, Early English Books, E3516; Keynes, John Evelyn, 40. CONDITION: Good, occasional worming.
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