Lot 134

Evelyn, John - Edinburgh binding







Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£3,125
Description
Silva: or a discourse of forest-trees… York: Printed for A. Ward for J.Dodsley &c., 1776. 4to., 2 volumes, portrait, 40 plates (one folding) and folding table, bound by Scott of Edinburgh with his stamp on title page in contemporary tree calf with rococco gilt tooling showing columns, floral swags and acanthus leaves, bookplates of John Roland Abbey, slight foxing A2-B2 and to several plates, slight rubbing to spines (2)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire






