EVELYN, John. Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions… as it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October MDCLXIV upon Occasion of certain Quaeries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly by the Honourable, the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. London: by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry for the Royal Society, 1664. First edition, folio (308 x 190mm.) Title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Royal Society coat-of-arms, 3 parts in 1, with 'Sir Paul Neile's Second Paper' bound-in after F2, the 'Animadversion' leaf after C4, woodcut illustrations of implements at P4, separate titles for 'Pomona' and 'Kalendarium Hortense', errata leaf to rear. (Marginal paper repair to title and with browning, minor soiling, some heavy marginal spotting, marginal paper repairs and damp-stain to A3 and B1, finger-marks.) Near contemporary calf, later red morocco lettering piece to spine (rubbed to extremities).