The Letterbooks of John Evelyn / / Douglas D.C. Chambers, David Galbraith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package 2014-2016
• VerfasserIn: Chambers, Douglas D.C.,; Galbraith, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1328 p.)

A prolific author and founding member of the Royal Society, John Evelyn (1620-1706) was one of the most remarkable intellectuals in late seventeenth-century English society. While his diary has long been considered second only to that of Samuel Pepys in importance, until quite recently his papers were inaccessible to scholars.The Letterbooks of John Evelyn, a two-volume set containing of more than eight hundred letters selected by Evelyn himself, constitutes an essential new resource for scholars of seventeenth-century England. The book gives modern readers access to Evelyn's correspondence with scientists and scholars such as Robert Boyle and Richard Bentley, political figures including Edward Hyde and Sidney Godolphin, and his friend and fellow diarist Samuel Pepys. It also includes Evelyn's accounts of major events such as the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, and the founding and early history of the Royal Society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Glossary -- Vol. I -- Book I.Epistolarum Liber Primus: Epistle XXXV-XLII -- Book II. Epistolarum Liber Secundus: Epistle I -XXII, 23, 24 -- Book III. Epistolarum Liber III: Epistle I-CXL -- Book III. Epistolarum Liber III: Epistle CXLI- CCXV -- Book III. Epistolarum Liber III: Epistle CCLXVI-CCCCII -- Book IV. Epistolarum Liber Quartus: Epistle CCCCIII-CCCCXCIX -- Book IV. Epistolarum Liber Quartus: Epistle D-DCXXIX -- Book IV. Epistolarum Liber Quartus: Epistle DCXXX-DCCCX -- Bibliography -- Evelyn'S Correspondents -- Index