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Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2)
John Evelyn and John Nisbet
The book that taught a nation to plant trees, born from a plea to replant England's dwindling forests for its navy. John Evelyn's great discourse on forest trees ranges across the woods, the men who loved them, and the craft of the plantation. Learned, passionate, and foundational. A cornerstone of forestry from a founder of the science.
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49 chapters
- 1Transcriber’s notes
- 2SYLVA: OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES THE PROPAGATION OF TIMBER V O L U M E O N E
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4VOLUME I.
- 5VOLUME II.
- 6INTRODUCTION.
- 7I Evelyn his literary contemporaries Isaac Walton Samuel Pepys.
- 8II Evelyn’s Childhood, Early Education, and Youth.
- 9III Evelyn’s Early Manhood, Continental Travels and Studies, Voluntary Exile, and Return to England 1647.
- 10IV Evelyn’s Attitude during the Commonwealth 1647-1660.
- 11V Evelyn’s Career after the Restoration. (1660-1685).
- 12VI Evelyn’s Declining Years (1685-1706).
- 13VII Evelyn’s Literary Works.
- 14VIII Evelyn’s Influence on British Arboriculture.
- 15TO THE KING.
- 16TO THE READER.
- 17ADVERTISEMENT.
- 18BOOKS Published by the AUTHOR of this Discourse
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