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Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees - Volume 1

Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees - Volume 1

Nisbet, John
Evelyn, John

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Botany & HorticultureGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1108055265
ISBN13: 9781108055260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 21 2013
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.47
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
John Evelyn (1620-1706), intellectual, diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his life and times, encompassing a momentous period in British history. A lifelong collector of books, like his contemporary Pepys, Evelyn amassed over 4,000 items in his library. This work, originally published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. Intended for the gentry, it aimed to encourage tree-planting after the ravages of the Civil War and to ensure a supply of timber for Britain's fast-developing navy. The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening. This is the 1908 two-volume reprint of the fourth edition, published in the year of Evelyn's death. Volume 1 describes different species of tree, deciduous and evergreen, and includes an introductory biography of Evelyn by John Nisbet (1858-1914).

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