Elysium Britannicum, or The Royal gardens in three books
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Author
Contributions
- Ingram, John E. - Contributor
- Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. - Contributor
Publication
2001 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
123,000 words, Guess
Page Count
492 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL21094658M
- ISBN-100812235363
- OCLC Control Number42692233
- OCLC Control Numberelysiumbritannic0000evel
- Library of Congress Control Number99054571
and 2 more
- Goodreads3032020
- LibraryThing1206400
Classifications
- DDC712.6/0942/09032
- LCCSB470.E9 E93 2001
Alternate Titles
- Royal gardens in three books.
Description
"In a letter to Sir Thomas Browne about his proposed magnum opus on gardens, John Evelyn stated his purpose "to refine upon some particulars, especially concerning the ornaments of Gardens, which I shal endeavor so to handle that persons of all conditions and facilities, which delight in Gardens, may therein encounter something for their owne advantage". In his Elysium Britannicum, or The Royal Gardens, Evelyn indeed produced a rich document, an assemblage of the horticultural knowledge and wisdom of the seventeenth century. An intriguing intellectual whom many have called a virtuoso, Evelyn was a garden designer, a noted author and translator of garden books, and a founding member of the Royal Society in 1660, where experimental science was at the heart of intellectual debate. Interlacing in his work practical, literary, and philosophical approaches to landscape architecture, Evelyn created the first large-scale encyclopedic work on the science and art of gardening."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Penn studies in landscape architecture
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