John Evelyn

Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees

With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author
Herausgeber: Nisbet, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 1908 two-volume reissue of a pioneering 1664 work on forestry, encouraging tree-planting in order to improve the Royal Navy's supply of timber.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781108055277
• ISBN-10: 1108055273
• Artikelnr.: 37453954

Inhaltsangabe

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.