Research Catalog

Title

Miscellaneous writings / now first collected, with occasional notes, by William Upcott.

Author

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706

Publication

London : H. Colburn, 1825.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Upcott, William, 1779-1845
• Colburn, Henry, -1855
• La Mothe Le Vayer, François de, 1588-1672.
• John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.

Description

xxvi, 849 p. plates.; 31 cm.

Subject

• Evelyn, John, 1620-1706
• Gardening > Early works to 1800
• Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714

Genre/Form

• History
• Early works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and general index (pages 813-849).

Indexed In (note)

• Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Dedication -- Introduction -- Of liberty and servitude, 1649. Translated from the French of M. de la Mothe le Vayer -- The state of France, 1652 -- Epistle dedicatory to the translation of the French Gardiner, 1658 -- The golden book of St. John Chrysostom, 1659; translated from the Greek -- A character of England, 1659; translated from the French -- An apology for the Royal Party, 1659 -- The late news from Brussels unmasked, 1660 -- Fumifugium, 1661 -- Sculptura, 1662 -- The epistles dedicatory, prefixed to Freart's parallel between ancient and modern architecture, 1664 -- An account of architects and architecture -- Kalendarium hortense, or the Gardener's Almanack, 1664 -- Dedicatory epistle to the mystery of Jesuitism, 1664 -- Public employment preferred to solitude, 1667 -- Epistles prefixed to Freart's idea of the perfection of painting -- History of the three late famous impostors, 1669 -- Letter to Viscount Brouncker, concerning a new engine for ploughing, &c. 1669-70 -- Dedication to Renatus Rapinus of Gardens, 1673 -- Navigation and commerce, 1674 -- Letter to Mr. Aubrey, concerning Surrey Antiquities, &c. 1675-76 -- Abstract of a letter to the Royal Society, concerning the damage done to his gardens in the preceding wither 1684 -- Mundus muliebris, or the ladies dressing-room unlocked, 1690 -- Advertisement to the translation of the Compleat Gardener, by M. de la Quintenye, 1693 -- Acetaria: a discourse of sallets, 1699.

LCCN

^^^50040820^

OCLC

• 3648997
• SCSB-12554366

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library