Title & Author:

John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" and European gardening / edited by Therese O'Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, ©1998.

Description:

vii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Selected papers from the 17th Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture held in May 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn -- Introduction to John Evelyn and the "Elysium Britannicum" / Therese O'Malley -- John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" : provenance, condition, transcription / John E. Ingram -- John Evelyn : between the ancients and the moderns / Joseph M. Levine -- John Evelyn in the 1650s : a virtuoso in quest of a role / Michael Hunter -- "Elysium Britannicum not printed neere ready & c" : the "Elysium Britannicum" in the correspondence of John Evelyn / Douglas Chambers -- "Bringing ingenuity into fashion" : the "Elysium Britannicum" and the reformation of husbandry / Michael Leslie -- John Evelyn and English architecture / Alice T. Friedman -- Parterre, grove, and flower garden : European horticulture and planting design in John Evelyn's time / Mark Laird -- The plants in John Evelyn's "Elysium Britannicum" / John H. Harvey -- Evelyn's idea of the garden : a theory for all seasons / John Dixon Hunt -- Appendix: A plan by John Evelyn for Henry Howard's garden at Albury Park, Surrey / Michael Charlesworth -- Biographies of the authors.

Summary:

"John Evelyn (1620-1706), an English virtuoso and writer, was a pivotal figure in seventeenth-century intellectual life in England. He left an immensely rich literary heritage, which is of great significance for scholars interested in garden history and the histories of intellectual life and architecture." "Evelyn is perhaps best known for Sylva, a compilation of thoughts on practical estate management, gardening, and philosophy, and the first book published by the Royal Society in London. "Elysium Britannicum," Evelyn's unpublished manuscript of almost a thousand pages of densely packed drafts, rewrites, and projects, was perhaps something of an enigma to his contemporaries, who nevertheless urged its publication." "The contributors to this volume approach Evelyn and his work from diverse disciplines, including architectural and intellectual history and the histories of science, agriculture, gardens, and literature. They present a rich picture of the "Elysium Britannicum" as one of the central documents of late European humanism."--Jacket.

Resources:
Online version - extract
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0884022404
9780884022404

Subject:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. Elysium Britannicum.
Evelyn, John 1620-1706
Evelyn, John 1620-1706 Elysium Britannicum
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Evelyn, John. Elysium Britannicum.
Evelyn, John.
Elysium Britannicum (Evelyn, John)
Europa
Gardens England Design History 17th century.
Gardens Europe Design History 17th century.
Landscape architecture England History 17th century.
Landscape architecture Europe History 17th century.
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.
21.74 landscape architecture and garden design.
Gardens Design.
Landscape architecture.
Gartenkunst
Nachlass
Kongress
Landscape gardening.
Architecture des jardins Angleterre (GB) 17e siècle.
England.
Europe.
tuinieren
gardening
tuinbouw
horticulture
geschiedenis
history
europa
europe
engeland
england
Garden History
Tuinhistorie

Form/genre:

Kongreß Washington (DC) 1993.
Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
History (form)
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

O'Malley, Therese.
Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim.
Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (17th : 1993)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 208828
Call No.: NA44.E93.9 J6 1998
Status: Available