SYLVA SYLVARUM: OR, A NATURALL HISTORIE.
London: Printed by Iohn Haviland for William Lee, and are to be sold by Iohn Williams, 1698. Quarto, [24], 260, [32], 47, [5] pages; G-; bound in contemporary full diced black calf, rebacked by Jon Robbins with spine preserved; moderate wear and rubbing to binding; no pastedowns present; old tide-marks and age-toning throughout.
Portrait frontispiece, engraved title page, title page, dedication leaf, Cc4 are modern reproductions; lacking last blank leaf G4.
Archival repair to A3, R6, G1, G2, G3; Z5 with tear to lower fore corner, part of margin missing; e2 with tear to lower edge, part of margin missing; 1684 ownership to interior of front board; small ink math to A3, name written on page 1; gift inscription to verso of A6, D3v with ink name, some bleeding to D2; ink name to B4r; ink ownership to G2v' ink hole to G3. JR Consignment. Shelved in Room G.
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ESTC: S106936.