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Title: Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Or A Discourse of Forest Trees

Author: John Evelyn

Commentator: John Nisbet

Release Date: March 8, 2007 [EBook #20778]

Language: English

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SYLVA: _OR A DISCOURSE
OF FOREST TREES & THE
PROPAGATION OF TIMBER_
_V O L U M E O N E_

{Illustration: _John Evelyn_
_From the engraving by R. Nanteuil_}

S Y L V A

_OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST
TREES_: BY JOHN EVELYN F.R.S.
_WITH AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE
AND WORKS OF THE AUTHOR_
BY JOHN NISBET D.OEc.

A REPRINT OF THE FOURTH
EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME ONE

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR
DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY LIMITED
AT 8 YORK BUILDINGS ADELPHI

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I.

Introduction page ix
Title Page of 4th Edition " lxxiii
To the King " lxxv
To the Reader " lxxvii
Advertisement " xcix
Books published by the Author " ci
Amico carissimo " cii
Nobilissimo Viro