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John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European Gardening
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Front Matter, Contents, and Foreword / Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn / 137k
Introduction to John Evelyn and the "Elysium Britannicum" / Therese O'Malley / 1mb
John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum": Provenance, Condition, Transcription / John E. Ingram / 312k
John Evelyn: Between the Ancients and the Moderns / Joseph M. Levine / 98k
John Evelyn in the 1650s: A Virtuoso in Quest of a Role/ Michael Hunter / 819k
"Elysium Britannicum not printed neere ready & c": The "Elysium Britannicum" in the Correspondence of John Evelyn / Douglas Chambers / 98k
"Bringing Ingenuity into Fashion": The "Elysium Britannicum" and the Reformation of Husbandry / Michael Leslie / 98k
John Evelyn and English Architecture / Alice T. Friedman / 507k
Parterre, Grove, and Flower Garden: European Horticulture and Planting Design in John Evelyn's Time / Mark Laird / 2.8mb
The Plants in John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" / John H. Harvey / 429k
Evelyn's Idea of the Garden: A Theory for All Seasons / John Dixon Hunt / 566k
Appendix: A Plan by John Evelyn for Henry Howard's Garden at Albury Park, Surrey / Michael Charlesworth / 59k
Biographies of the Authors / 20k
Index / 59k