Memoirs Illustrative Of The Life And Writings Of John Evelyn Esq F R S Comprising His Diary From The

by John Evelyn

$300 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1819. 2 vols. 4to, xxviii, 671; v, vi-vii , 342; Memoirs part II 2 , 336pp. With eight engraved plates, two folding, and one folding chart. Old diced calf neatly rebacked, with red labels. Inoffensive browning and occasional foxing, generally a very good well-margined copy. § Second and best edition. A man whose interests ranged from numismatics to gardening -- he was also the author of the aboriculture classic Sylva,

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