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 ; published by express order of the Royal Society ; also Kalendarium hortense, or, Gard'ners almanac, directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year

Object Details

Notes

First edition--Cf. Keynes.

Title page printed in red and black, with an engraving of the arms of the Royal Society. Woodcut initials.

Roman numeral date in title made with turned C's.

Pomona and Kalendarium hortense have separate title pages. Kalendarium has imprint: Printed by J. Macock, for John Martin and James Allestry ..., 1664.

The first leaf bears an order to print on verso.

"Pomona" has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. It has an extra leaf inserted after C4 bearing "Animadversion."

"Kalendarium hortense", printed in red and black, has separate dated title page with "printed by J. Macock" in imprint; pagination and register are continuous with "Pomona". It has extra leaves inserted after F2 bearing "Sir Paul Neile's second paper", and after L4 bearing "Errata" for all three parts. Leaf H1 is possibly cancelled.

Signatures: A-R⁴, ²A-C⁴ chi1 D-E⁴ F⁴(F2+2chi1) G⁴(-G4) H-L⁴ 3chi1 (C1 missigned B1).

Errata: recto of last leaf.

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

Keynes, G. John Evelyn (1968 ed.), 52

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E3508 (Pomona)

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E3516 (Sylva)

Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium (1872-1877 edition), 3050

Contents

Sylva, or, A discourse of forest trees -- Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider : the making and several ways of ordering it -- Aphorisms concerning cider / by Mr. Beale -- Sir Paul Neil's Discourse of Cider -- Sir Paul Neile's second paper -- Observations concerning the making and preserving of cider / by John Newburgh, Esq. --Concerning cider / by Doctor Smith -- Of cider / by Capt. Taylor -- Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanac : directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year. London : Printed by J. Macock, for John Martin, and James Allestry ..., 1664

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1664

Call number

SD391 .E93 1664 quarto

SD391.E93

author

Evelyn, John 1620-1706

printer

Allestry, James -1670

Martyn, John active 1649-1680

Macock, John

Author

Evelyn, John 1620-1706 Pomona

Evelyn, John 1620-1706 Kalendarium hortense

former owner

Barron, Edward Jackson 1826-1918 DSI

publisher

Royal Society (Great Britain)

donor

Burndy Library DSI

Type

Early works to 1800

Early works

Woodcuts

Printers' devices (Publishing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Errata lists (Printing)

Cancellation (Printing)

Inscriptions (Provenance).)

Annotations (Provenance).)

Physical description

[16], 120, [2], 4, [2], 5-40, [2], 41-50, [2], 55-83, [3] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 31 cm (folio)

Place

Great Britain

England

London

Title

Sylva

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

Pomona

Kalendarium hortense

Topic

Forests and forestry

Fruit trees

Cider

Gardening

Record ID

siris_sil_111417

Usage

CC0