{"product_id":"the-new-sylva-a-discourse-of-forest-and-orchard-trees-for-the-twenty-first-century","title":"The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Beautiful, useful, inspirational\" BBC Wildlife Book of the Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A delight on every page\" Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSilvologist 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition comes with illustrated endpapers and a ribbon marker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53957772804464,"sku":"978-1526640109","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53957772837232,"sku":"978-1526640109","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/91jCCGEjImL._SY522.jpg?v=1782784467","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/the-new-sylva-a-discourse-of-forest-and-orchard-trees-for-the-twenty-first-century","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}