(BOTANY) EVELYN, JOHN

Edited by Alexander Hunter. York: A. Ward, 1776. Bound with: York: A. Ward, 1787. Two works in one volume. 4to, 3/4 red leather over marbled boards, gilt tooling to spine. First Hunter edition and preferred to other editions. With engraved frontispiece of Evelyn and plates throughout. Ex-libris Prof. Frank Edgerton with ink inscription on front pastedown. Later binding; ink call number on f.f.e.p.; dampstaining at edges of majority of leaves; otherwise a bright and fine copy.