Two Books on Forest Trees

John Evelyn (1620-1706), Silva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees
York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley, T. Cadell, J. Robson and three others, 1776, quarto, 6th edition (first thus, with the addition of notes by Alexander Hunter), with engraved portrait and 39 plates (one fold-out) and fold-out table, in full tan calf, the (later) spine with raised band and red panel with gilt lettering and rule, the edges cut, with bookplate of Charles Vere Dashwood, leaf 28.6 x 21.6 cm; overall 29.5 x 22.9 cm
[Nissen BBI 615; Pritzel 2766; Brunet 1126]

and

Francois Andre Michaux (1770-1855) and Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), The North American Sylva; or, a Description of Forest-Trees of North America
Philadelphia: William Rutter, 1865, octavo, six volumes (in five), the fourth edition of the combined works of Michaux's 1818 original and Nuttall's 1842 continuation, the former with 156 hand-colored engraved plates, the latter with 121 hand-colored lithographs, in uniform bindings of half brown leather with embossed fillet on marbled boards with beveled edges, the flat spines with raised bands, embossed rule and decoration and gilt lettering, the edges cut and gilt, with bookplate of the Medford, Massachusetts Public Library and associated markings throughout, leaf 26.2 x 16.8 cm; overall 27.5 x 18.5 cm
[Sabin 48695/56531; Nissen BBI 1361/1458; Stafleu SL-II 5966/6930]


6 volumes total


Provenance: Estate of Richard Anthony Goula, proceeds to benefit the Thistlewood Foundation, Lafayette, Louisiana.