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First edition. "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 Qu�ries 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-tTrees 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." Tall quarto, pp [16], 120, [4], 20, [ii], 21-40,(ii), 41-50,(ii), 55-83, [iii], with the license leaf, the errta leaf and the two unpaginated leaves in Pomona (which are often not present), the first title page printed in red and black, as is the Kalendarium title (and also the name of each month is in red), two small woodcuts in the text, a small stain at the bottom margin runs throughout, slight staining to the gutter margins of the last few pages, the cintents are unpressed, so slightly waved throughout, vey slight signs of use internally, slightly age-toned, the first blank is creased and frayed, the license leaf also but less so, a neat contemporary manuscript note on page 83, the hinge at pages 32/33 cracked but without weakness, the hinge at the title page similar but less so, contemporary full calf rubbed scuffed and marked but still very sound, loss of the leather surface here and there, "SYLVA" faintly written on the spine, recased at some point (not recently) and with later endpapers. One of the most influential books on forestry ever published. [Janson, Pomona's Harvest, page 146; Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel M. M. Hunt, No. 296; Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Volume 1, No. 132; Sandra Raphael, An Oak Spring Sylva, a selection of The Rare books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library, No. 32.].