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The New Sylva - A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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The New Sylva - A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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"Beautiful, useful, inspirational" BBC Wildlife Book of the Month
"A delight on every page" Evening Standard In 1664, the
horticulturist and diarist John Evelyn wrote Sylva, the first
comprehensive study of British trees. It was also the world's
earliest forestry book, and the first book ever published by the
Royal Society. Evelyn's elegant prose has a lot to tell us today,
but the world has changed dramatically since his day. Now authors
Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet, taking inspiration from the
original work, have masterfully created a contemporary version -
The New Sylva. The result is a fabulous resource that describes all
of the most important species of tree that populate our landscape.
Silvologist Gabriel Hemery explains what trees really mean to us
culturally, environmentally and economically in the first part of
the book. These chapters are followed by forty-four detailed tree
portrait sections that describe the history and the features of
trees such as oak, elm, beech, hornbeam, willow, fir, pine,
juniper, plane, apple and pear. The pages of The New Sylva are
brought to life with truly breathtaking artwork from artist and
co-author Sarah Simblet, who captures the delicacy, strength and
beauty of the trees through the seasons in 200 exquisite drawings.
With an interplay of black and red type on creamy paper, The New
Sylva recalls all the charm of traditional bookmaking. And at a
moment when it is vitally important for us to rediscover how to
treasure our trees, the time for this visionary, beautiful book is
now. This edition comes with illustrated endpapers and a ribbon
marker.
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