A celebration of John Evelyn

An attractive and informative book, with fine botanical illustrations and drawings – many from the 17th century. The book is a collection of papers written at a 2006 conference celebrating the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620 – 1706). Topics covered include: his travels in France and Italy and the influence they had on his future ideas, ‘Sylva’, an evaluation of his influence at the start of the English Landscape gardening movement, greenhouses and the great storm of 1703.
P/B. 196PP
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