Sylva, or A Discourse Of Forest Trees

Paperback / softback. New. John Evelyn (1620-1706), diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his times. Sylva, first published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. This 1908 two-volume reissue is of the fourth edition published in the year of Evelyn's death.

Paperback / softback. New. John Evelyn (1620-1706), diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his times. Sylva, first published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. This 1908 two-volume reissue is of the fourth edition published in the year of Evelyn's death.

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London: Doubleday. Both volumes, 1908 (not dated), are bound in green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front boards, and gilt top edges on the textblock. Volume 1: cxv/335pp., with an essay on the life and works of the author by John Nisbet. Volume 2: 587pp. Both volumes are rubbed top and bottom of spine, to corners, and slightly… Read more about this item

Cambridge University, 2013. N/A. Soft Cover. New/New.

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