The gnarled, immutable yew tree is one of the most evocative sights in the British and Irish landscape, an evergreen impression of immortality that for centuries has marked holy places for travellers. In this book Robert Bevan Jones paints a many-sided portrait of this extraordinary tree and of the role it has played in history. The author explores the botanical, historical, cultural and archaeological connections of the yew, Taxus baccata. He reviews the various attempts that have been made to date ancient yew trees, and ...
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The gnarled, immutable yew tree is one of the most evocative sights in the British and Irish landscape, an evergreen impression of immortality that for centuries has marked holy places for travellers. In this book Robert Bevan Jones paints a many-sided portrait of this extraordinary tree and of the role it has played in history. The author explores the botanical, historical, cultural and archaeological connections of the yew, Taxus baccata. He reviews the various attempts that have been made to date ancient yew trees, and concludes that many of them are certainly over a thousand years old; some of the oldest specimens may even be linked to the cells of early Celtic Saints. The book includes photographic portraits of famous ancient yews by landscape photographers Andy McGeeney and Mick Sharp, as well as beautiful nineteenth-century etchings. It also includes a gazetteer of the oldest and largest yew trees in Britain, with Ordance Survey grid reference locations. The Ancient Yew is a cultural flora of a single species: a tree which provides a living link between our own landscapes and those of the distant past.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 9780953863044.
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Very Good. Size: 9x7x0; A very good copy, square and tight with no rips or splits, just a trifle rubbed. Contents sound and clean, not showing any pen-marks. Just a former owner's stamp mark at the endpaper. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in presentable condition.
