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| Author | John Evelyn |
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| Subject | Forestry |
| Published | 1662 (as a paper) 1664 (as a book; by John Martyn) |
Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions by the English writer John Evelyn was first presented in 1662 as a paper to the Royal Society. It was published as a book two years later in 1664, and is recognised as one of the most influential texts on forestry ever published. [1]
Five editions were edited by Alexander Hunter (1729-1809):
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Sylva may refer to:
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