John Evelyn and his world: a biography / John Bowle
1981, 1st Edition. London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Provenance: previous owner's inscription. Item #334506
ISBN: 0710007213
Physical description: xvii, 277 p., 8 p. of plates: illus., ports. ; 24 cm. Contents: 1. Origins and upbringing -- 2. Balliol and London -- 3. Holland and the Spanish Netherlands -- 4. Evelyn in France -- 5. Evelyn in Italy -- 6. Venice and Switzerland -- 7. Marriage : England and Paris: The State of France -- 8. Paris: Sayes Court -- 9. A tour in England -- 10. The Restoration -- 11. The Royal Society: Fumifugium: Tyrannus -- 12. Sylva and the Gard'ner's Almanack -- 13. The second Dutch War and the plague of London -- 14. The fire of London -- 15. Politics, encaenia and 'a rare discovery’ -- 16. Foreign plantations: Navigation and Commerce -- 17. Romantic friendship: the Life of Mrs Godolphin -- 18. The Popish and Protestant plots -- 19. 'Le Roi est Mort: Vive le Roi' -- 20. 'A sad revolution to this sinfull Nation' -- 21. Heir to Wotton -- 22. 'A solemn Remove' -- 23. 'A sedate and amicable composure': A Discourse of Sallets -- 24. The final achievement. Subjects: Evelyn, John 1620-1706. Evelyn, John 1620-1706; Biography. Authors, English Early modern, 1500-1700; Biography. Diaries Authorship History 17th century. Diarists Great Britain; Biography. Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies. History. Illustrated.
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