Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
Sylva, or A Discourse on Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions by the English writer John Evelyn was first published in 1662 as a paper to the Royal Society. It was published as a book two years later in 1664 and this is widely recognised as the first published text on forestry.
Editions
- 1662 Sylva Paper was presented to the Royal Society on 16th February 1662.
- 1664 Sylva First edition book printed by publisher John Martyn for the Royal Society.
- 1669 Sylva Second Edition. Various engravings added.
- 1679 Sylva Third Edition. Included an essay from Evelyn about soils: Terra, a Philosophical Essay of Earth, being a Lecture in Course.
- 1706 Silva Fourth Edition, now spelt Silva, contained new sections Dendrologia, Pomona; Or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to CIDER and Kalendarium Hortense. This was the last edition during Evelyn's lifetime.
Posthumous editions
- 1707 Silva edition.
- 1729 Silva edition.
Five editions were edited by Alexander Hunter (1729-1809):
- 1776--illustrations by John Miller
- 1786
- 1801
- 1812
- 1825
Recent reproductions
- A facsimile of the 1664 edition was produced in 1972 by the publisher Scolar Press.
- Another reproduction was printed in 2007 by Kessinger Publishing (30 Nov 2007) with a foreword by John Nisbet[1].
References
- ^ Nisbet, J, and Evelyn, J (2007) Sylva or a Discourse of Forest Trees V1 (1908). pp. 452. Kessinger Publishing (30 Nov 2007). ISBN 978-0548783504
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