John Evelyn : living for ingenuity
Darley, Gillian2006
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A biography of John Evelyn, diarist, scholar and intellectual virtuoso (1620-1706), this work provides a rounded portrait of Evelyn's 85 years, his family life first at Sayes Court, Deptford, and later at Wotton, in Surrey, his exile in Paris, his interests and his preoccupations.
Main title:
John Evelyn : living for ingenuity / Gillian Darley.
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Imprint:
New Haven, [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2006.
Collation:
xiv, 382 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-357) and index.
ISBN:
9780300112276 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1937673
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