Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, ....Terra, a philosophical Essay of Earth....To which is annexed Pomona....Also Kalendarium Hortense.

for John Martyn, London., 1679. 3rd. Ed.. pp.lxx, 412, 38 plus Errata leaf. With four illustrations in the text, one full-page plate and eight pages of tables. Small folio. Hardback. Inscriptions dated 1768 and 1882 to ffep and ‘Qui serunt arbores alteri seculo prosunt’ and its English translation to verso. Neat signature to title page. Crested bookplate of James Barlow. Title page expertly repaired to margin fore-edge, early repair to another leaf. Contents in thor. vg. condition - please ask for further information. More recently rebound in period style full leather with gilt lettering, raised bands and blind tooled decoration, all in fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. ‘The first important book to be published in this country on forest trees’ (Henrey). ‘Each treatise has a separate title-page. ‘Terra’ is the ‘second edition’ (1678), ‘Pomona’ is of the ‘third edition’ (1678) and ‘Kalendarium Hortense’ is of the ‘fifth edition’ (1679). This edition also contains Abraham Cowley’s poem ‘The garden’., (Henrey 134). ‘Kalendarium Hortense’ contains references to bees and beekeeping (Harding 39).