Elysium Britannicum, Or the Royal Gardens

John E. Ingram is Chair of the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections at the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida.

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John Evelyn. Edited by John E. Ingram

Summary

Provides an assemblage of the horticultural knowledge and wisdom of the seventeenth century. This book includes drawings of garden layouts, diagrams of inventions for plant and tree cultivation, and plans for the artificial and natural embellishment of the land, all of which were to contribute to the beauty and utility of the gardens.

Product details

• Authors: John Evelyn, Evelyn John
• Assisted by: John E Ingram (Editor), John E. Ingram (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2000
• EAN: 9780812235364
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-3536-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture; Penn Studies in Landscape Arch; Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works