Author: Therese O'Malley

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780884022404

John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a pivotal figure in 17th-century intellectual life in England. The contributors approach him and his work from diverse disciplines: architectural and intellectual history and histories of science, agriculture, gardens, and literature. They present the "Elysium Britannicum" as a central document of late European humanism.