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Lot 437

JOHN EVELYN: "Sylva or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions"

2nd edition, published London 1670, with a supplement at the back “Pomona” or an appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider, quarto, in contemporary calf with gilt-tooled spine

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Estimate: £300 - £500
Hammer price: £800
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

This charming book has clearly been a working volume, bearing numerous pencil annotations internally and retaining a dried leaf!

The binding is period and intact but has a damaged front hinge and the top right corner of front board is dog eared. The back hinge is loose. 

The front cover bears a bookplate and annotation to inside. 

The front flyleaf is pasted with an unassociated engraving of John Evelyn. 

Page 224 has a handwritten annotation clipped in. 

The front and rear few pages are slightly stained with the middle pages generally in fair condition. 

The errata page is damaged. 

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