1664–1908	Sir Geoffrey Keynes, John Evelyn: A Study in Bibliophily with a Bibliography of his Writings (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968).
1970–2020	Library and internet searches.

Evelyn series

The first four editions were prepared by John Evelyn. The fourth edition was published a few months after his death. Differences between the first three editions mainly concern illustrations and the addition of poems. Evelyn revised and enlarged the fourth edition from 281 to 374 pages. The fifth edition is a reprint of the fourth without its frontispiece.

Sylva was bound with short books also by Evelyn:

• Pomona: or an Appendix concerning Fruit Trees in relation to Cider: The Making and several ways of Ordering it— all editions.
• Kalendarium Hortense: or, Gard’ners Almanac: Directing what is he to do Monthly— all editions (also published separately).
• Terra: a Philosophical Discourse of Earth — from third edition (also published separately).
• Aceteria, a Discourse of Sallets — from fourth edition.

Date	Edition	Place of publication and Publisher
1664	1st	(London: Martyn and Allestry)
1670	2nd	(London: Martyn and Allestry)
1679	3rd	(London: Martyn)
1706	4th	spelled Silva (London: Scott and others)
1729	5th	(London: Walthoe and others)

Hunter series

Dr Alexander Hunter (1729–1809) prepared an extensively annotated copy of Sylva in two volumes, apparently based on all five editions of the Evelyn series. It proved popular and four further editions were published, two of them posthumously.

1776	H 1st	(York: Ward)
1786	H 2nd	(York: Ward)
1801	H 3rd	(York: Wilson and Spence)
1812	H 4th	(York: Wilson and Spence)
1825	H 5th	(London: Colburn)

Mitchell abridged

J. Mitchell produced Dendrologia; or, a Treatise of Forest Trees, with Evelyn’s Silva revised, Corrected and Abridged. Keynes considered that, ‘The work may be described as being based on Evelyn’s Silva rather than as an abridgement’.

1827

(Keighly: Aked)

Reprints, facsimiles and microfilms

1908	4th edn	Reprint	(London: Doubleday) 2 vols With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author by John Nisbet.
1970	1st	Microcard	(New York: Readex)
1972	1st	Facsimile	(Menston: Scolar Press)
1975	1st	Microfilm	(Ann Arbor: Michigan University Microfilms)
1977	2nd	Microfilm	(Ann Arbor: Michigan University Microfilms)
1979	5th	Facsimile	(London: Stobart)
1995	1st	Reprint	(Woodbridge: UK, Boydell)
2001	4th	Facsimile of 1908 reprint	(Brough, UK: Trollius) 1 vol. includes 2 vols of 1908 edn.
2008 & 2009	?	Facsimile	(Charleston, SC: BiblioBazaar) & (United States: Echo Library)
2013	4th	Facsimile of 1908 reprint	(Cambridge University Press), 2 vols.

Internet era

Scanned editions of Sylva available to download from the internet, directly or through libraries. Some libraries are provided with editions through distributors. Some examples are shown here (URLs accessed 18 October 2020):

1st	Open Library, available directly https://openlibrary.org/books/OL13518723M/Sylva
2nd	Early English Books Online, available directly https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A38811.0001.001?view=toc and through libraries, e.g. https://search-proquest-com.virtual.anu.edu.au/eebo/docview/2240952833/12495910
3rd	Early English Books Online, available through libraries, e.g. https://search-proquest-com.virtual.anu.edu.au/eebo/docview/2240961998
1908 reprint of 4th edn.	Project Gutenberg, available directly https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20778/20778-h/20778-h.htm