''Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions'' by the English writer

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was first presented in 1662 as a paper to the

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. It was published as a book two years later in 1664, and is recognised as one of the most influential texts on

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ever published.

Editions

* 1662 ''Sylva'' paper was presented to the Royal Society on 16 February 1662. * 1664 ''Sylva'' First Edition book printed by publisher John Martyn for the

, and the first book published after the granting of their Royal Charter as publishers in 1662. * 1670 ''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 first edition (1664) was produced in 1972 by the publisher Scolar Press. * The fourth edition (1706) was republished in 1908 by Doubleday & Co. with a foreword by John Nisbet. This 1908 edition was republished in facsimile by Kessinger Publishing (30 Nov 2007). * A new edition by Gabriel Hemery with illustrations by Sarah Simblet is published by

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to coincide with the 350th anniversary in 2014 of the book's first publication. It is titled ''The New Sylva: a discourse of forest and orchard trees for the twenty-first century''.Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-new-sylva-9781408835449 The authors have their own blog following the book's creation
sylva.org.uk
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References

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External links

''Sylva'', Fourth Edition (1706, republished 1908), vol. 1, text download from Project Gutenberg

''Sylva'', Fourth Edition (1706, republished 1908), vol. 2, text download from Google Books

''Sylva'', Fifth Edition (republished 1825), vol. 2, text download from Google Books

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Editions

Posthumous editions

Recent reproductions

See also

References

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