{"product_id":"9781108055260","title":"Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees : With an Essay on the Life and Works of the Author (Sylva, Or, a Discourse of Forest Trees 2 Volume Set)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Evelyn (1620-1706), intellectual, diarist, gardener and founder member of the Royal Society, is best known for his Diary, the great journal of his life and times, encompassing a momentous period in British history. A lifelong collector of books, like his contemporary Pepys, Evelyn amassed over 4,000 items in his library. This work, originally published in 1664, was the first English-language treatise on forestry. Intended for the gentry, it aimed to encourage tree-planting after the ravages of the Civil War and to ensure a supply of timber for Britain's fast-developing navy. The first work sponsored officially by the Royal Society, it was an offshoot of Evelyn's unpublished manuscript Elysium Britannicum, a compendium of gardens and gardening. This is the 1908 two-volume reprint of the fourth edition, published in the year of Evelyn's death. Volume 1 describes different species of tree, deciduous and evergreen, and includes an introductory biography of Evelyn by John Nisbet (1858-1914).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42576693329995,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":2495.73,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9781108055260-1.jpg?v=1783385939","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9781108055260","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}