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A celebration of John Evelyn : proceedings of a conference to mark the tercentenary of his death / edited by Mavis Batey.

Title
A celebration of John Evelyn : proceedings of a conference to mark the tercentenary of his death / edited by Mavis Batey.
Publication
[Surrey?] : Surrey Gardens Trust, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Batey, Mavis
  • Laird, Mark.
  • Surrey Gardens Trust
  • Garden History Society (Great Britain)
Description
x, 196 p. : ill. (some col.), map, ports., plans; 24 cm.
Summary
"In April 2006 the Surrey Gardens Trust, in association with the Garden History Society, hosted a conference at Wooton House to celebrate the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620-1706). ... The book is copiously illustrated with contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings, including tree portraits from the later editions of Sylva."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Evelyn, John, 1620-1706 > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses
  • 1600-1699
  • Gardening > Great Britain > History > 17th century > Congresses
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Note
  • "In April 2006 the Surrey Gardens Trust, in association with the Garden History Society, hosted a conference at Wotton House to celebrate the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620-1706)."--P. 4 of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-175) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"Memoires for my Grand-son", John Evelyn's legacy / Gillian Darley -- The way of Italian gardens / Sally Jeffery -- "My most cherished place on earth" : John Evelyn and Wotton -- Frances Harris -- "Wholly new and ambiguous" : the discourse of nature / Douglas Chambers -- A passion for tress : the legacy of John Evelyn / Maggie Campbell-Culver -- Greenhouses and great storm : John Evelyn on the workings of God and man in the garden / Mark Laird -- "Invest in gardening, groves and walkes" : how Evelyn's grandson carried out his instructions to revive the Wotton landscape / Peter Brandon -- John Evelyn and the landscape garden : "To him it is owing that gardening can speak proper English" / Mavis Batey -- The life and times of John Evelyn.
ISBN
  • 0954063023
  • 9780954063023
OCLC
  • 171110725
  • SCSB-11352378
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library