Entrée principale:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Titre et auteur:

Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his majesty's dominions : as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain queries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Hon. the principal officers and Commissioners of the Navy, together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves / by John Evelyn, with notes by A. Hunter ; to which is added The Terra, a philosophical discourse of earth.

Édition:

The fourth edition, with the editor's last corrections, and a short memoir of him.

Publication:

York : Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, High-Ousegate, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London, and for Wilson and Son, York, 1812.

Description:

2 v. : ill., port. ; 31 cm.

Notes:
"Terra, a philosophical discourse of earth relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation and the propagation of plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society" ([8], 88 p., [2] leaves of plates), at end of v. 2, has its own title page and index.
Pagination: v.1, xii, [1], 14-50, [1], 330 p., [29] leaves of plates; v.2, 393, [8], 88 p., [15] leaves of plates (1 folded, 1 double).
Frontispiece is portrait of author drawn and engraved by F. Bartolozzi, 1776.
Several plates in each volume have volume and page numbers that do not match this work.
Includes indexes.

Sujet:

Forests and forestry Great Britain.
Trees Great Britain.
Arbres Grande-Bretagne.
Forests and forestry.
Trees.
Great Britain.

Vedettes secondaires:

Hunter, A. (Alexander), 1729-1809, editor.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, artist.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Terra.
Thomas Wilson and Son (York, England), printer.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, booksellers.

Discourse of forest-trees

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 78131
Cote: NA44.E93 (9421)
Exemplaire: v. 1
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 78130
Cote: NA44.E93 (9421)
Exemplaire: v. 2
Statut: Disponible