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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 The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening.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 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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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: science, technology & medicine

• Full title: Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees
• Subtitle: With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author
• Author: John EvelynJohn Nisbet
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 458
• EAN: 9781108055260
• ISBN: 1108055265
• ID: 02058788
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 670 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 230 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. February 2013

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