Item 252507Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. As it was Deliver’d in...
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London: Printed for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1679. Third edition, “much inlarged, and improved,” etc. Evelyn’s Sylva , first published in 1664, is a treatise on forestry, written to promote the cultivation of timber for building the Royal Navy. As Disraeli wrote: “It was an author in..... Read More Item Details for Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. As it was Deliver’d in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXLI. Upon the Occasion of Certain Quaries propounded to the Illustrious assembly, by the Honourable the Principal officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth…Pomona: or, an appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider;…also Kaldendarium Hortense; or the Gard’ners Almanac… Add to Wish List
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