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A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another. The three Greek orders, Dorick, Ionick, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise. And the two Latin, Tuscan and Composita, the latter
Fréart, Roland sieur de Chambray (1606-1676); Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472); Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639)
1723
Title in red and black; title-vignette; head-and tail-pieces; initials. Engraved frontispiece reads: A parallel of architecture both ancient & moderne, by Roland Freart, sr de Chambray.
Remembrances of things worth seeing in Italy given to John Evelyn 25 April 1646
Arundel, Thomas Howard Earl of (1585-1646); Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Robinson, John Martin; Roxburghe Club
1987
Terra : a philosophical discourse of earth, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society
Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Hunter, A (1729-1809); Cadell, T (1742-1802); Creech, William (1745-1815); Dodsley, James (1724-1797); Durham, Thomas (Bookseller); Robson, James (1733-1806); Ward, Anne (1789)
M DCC LXXVIII [1778]
First pub. in 1676 under title: A philosophical discourse of earth. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions : as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXII... Terra, a philosophical essay of earth, being a lecture in course : to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cyder, the making and several ways of ordering it, published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Acetaria: or, a discourse of sallets. With Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanack, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year
Evelyn, John (1620-1706)
1706
Earlier editions published with title: Sylva.
Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions : as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXII... Terra, a philosophical essay of earth, being a lecture in course : to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cyder, the making and several ways of ordering it, published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Acetaria: or, a discourse of sallets. With Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanack, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year
Evelyn, John (1620-1706)
1706
Earlier editions published with title: Sylva.
Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions : as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662, upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy : together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves
Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Hunter, Alexander (1729-1809)
1776
Earlier editions published with title: Sylva. "The life of Mr. John Evelyn (p.[19]-[31]) is taken from the Biographia Britannica".
Memoires for my grand-son
Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Keynes, Sir Geoffrey (1887-1982); Johnson, John de Monins (1882-1956); Nonesuch Press
1926
"Of this the first edition of John Evelyn's 'Memoires for my Grand-son' 1250 copies have been printed for sale in England and America by John Johnson Printer to the university at the Oxford University...
Memoirs of John Evelyn... : comprising his diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters, to which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas : also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, ambassador to the Court of France, in the time of King Charles I. and the usurpation (v.1)
Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Bray, William (1736-1832)
1827
Memoirs of John Evelyn... : comprising his diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters, to which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas : also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, ambassador to the Court of France, in the time of King Charles I. and the usurpation (v.2)
Evelyn, John (1620-1706); Bray, William (1736-1832)
1827