Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees : With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author Paperback / softback
by John Evelyn
Edited by John Nisbet
Part of the Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees 2 Volume Set series
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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The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening.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 2 covers practical aspects of forestry and the use of trees in landscaping.
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