Sylva : or, a discourse of forest trees with an essay on the life and works of the author

著者

• Evelyn, John
• Nisbet, John

書誌事項

Sylva : or, a discourse of forest trees with an essay on the life and works of the author

John Evelyn ; edited by John Nisbet

（Cambridge library collection）

Cambridge University Press, 2013

• vol. 1
• vol. 2

注記

"This edition first published 1908"--T.p. verso

"This digitally printed version 2013"--T.p. verso

"A reprint of the fourth edition in two volumes"--T.p.

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

vol. 1 ISBN 9781108055260

内容説明

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 The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening.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).

目次

• Introduction
• Books published by the author
• Book I: 1. Of the earth, soil, seed, air, and water
• 2. Of the seminary and of transplanting
• 3. Of the oak
• 4. Of the elm
• 5. Of the beech
• 6. Of the horn-beam
• 7. Of the ash
• 8. Of the chestnut
• 9. Of the walnut
• 10. Of the service, and black cherry-tree
• 11. Of the maple
• 12. Of the sycomor
• 13. Of the lime-tree
• 14. Of the poplar, aspen, and abele
• 15. Of the quick-beam
• 16. Of the hasel
• 17. Of the birch
• 18. Of the alder
• 19. Of the withy, sallow, ozier, and willow
• 20. Of fences, quick-sets, etc.
• Book II: 1. Of the mulberry
• 2. Of the platanus, lotus, cornus, acacia, etc.
• 3. Of the fir, pine, pinaster, pitch-tree, larsh, and subterranean trees
• 4. Of the cedar, juniper, cypress, savine, thuya, etc.
• 5. Of the cork, ilex, alaternus, celastrus, ligustrum, philyrea, myrtil, lentiscus, olive, granade, syring, jasmine and other exoticks
• 6. Of the arbutus, box, yew, holly, pyracinth, laurel, bay, etc.
• 7. Of the infirmities of trees, etc.

巻冊次

vol. 2 ISBN 9781108055277

内容説明

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.

目次

• Book III: 1. Of copp'ces
• 2. Of pruning
• 3. Of the age, stature, and felling of trees
• 4. Of timber, the seasoning and uses, and of fuel
• 5. Aphorisms, or certain general precepts of use to the foregoing chapters
• 6. Of the laws and statutes for the preservation and improvement of woods and forests
• 7. The paraenesis and conclusion, containing some encouragements and proposals for the planting and improvement of his majesty's forests, and other amunities for shades, and ornament
• Book IV: An historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves, etc.
• Renati Rapini Hortorum liber II.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB11972763
• ISBN:
  • 9781108055260
  • 9781108055277
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge [England]
• ページ数/冊数: 2 v.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB00083053