Main entry:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Title & Author:

Elysium Britannicum, or The Royal gardens / John Evelyn ; edited by John E. Ingram.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2001.

Description:

vii, 492 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-476).
John Evelyn and His "Elysium Britannicum" / John E. Ingram 1 -- Notes on the Transcription of the Manuscript of "Elysium Britannicum" 11 -- Manuscripts of the "Elysium Britannicum" / Frances Harris 13 -- Elysium Britannicum, or The Royal Gardens -- Appendix 1 Complete Annotated Version of Table of Contents and Related Material 421 -- Appendix 2 On the Conduct of Water 429 -- Appendix 3 On Waterworks 437 -- Appendix 4 On Bees 440 -- Appendix 5 Catalog of Evergreens 441 -- Appendix 6 Excerpt from Cowley's Poemata latina 443 -- Appendix 7 On Tulips 445 -- Appendix 8 On Anemones 449 -- Appendix 9 On Daffodils 453 -- Appendix 10 On Garden Design 455 -- Appendix 11 "To Encourage the Finishing of Elysium Britannicum" 460 -- Appendix 12 Catalogo Evelyni Inscriptus: 1665 Meliora retinete 462 -- Appendix 13 Vintage: The English Vineyard Vindicated 464 -- Appendix 14 An Account of Some Books 467.

Summary:

"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.

Resources:
Table of contents
Zusammenfassung

ISBN:

0812235363 (alk. paper)
9780812235364 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Elysium Britannicum.
Evelyn, John 1620-1706 Elysium Britannicum
Evelyn, John. Elysium Britannicum.
Gardens Great Britain Design Early works to 1800.
Gardens Design Early works to 1800.
Landscape architecture Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Landscape architecture Early works to 1800.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Jardins Architecture Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture du paysage Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture du paysage Europe Histoire 17e siècle.
Jardins Architecture Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture du paysage Ouvrages avant 1800.
Gardens Design.
Landscape architecture.
Gartenkunst
Quelle
Tuinen.
Tuinarchitectuur.
Handschriften.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Early works to 1800.
Early works.

Added entries:

Ingram, John E.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Elysium Britannicum.
Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221402
Call No.: NA44.E93.A35 2001
Status: Available