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The Diary of John Evelyn

With an Introduction and Notes

John Evelyn author Austin Dobson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Mar '15

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A three-volume 1906 edition of the memoirs and diary of Stuart writer John Evelyn, up to his death in 1706.

The Stuart writer John Evelyn kept a diary from the age of eleven, and in the 1680s began to compile this memoir from his records. In this three-volume 1906 edition, Volume 3 covers the period from 1677 and ends with notes made a few weeks before Evelyn's death in 1706.The Stuart writer and gardener John Evelyn (1620–1706), whose two-volume Sylva is also reissued in this series, kept a diary from the age of eleven, and in the 1680s began to compile this memoir from his records. It was first published in 1818 in an edition by the antiquarian William Bray; this three-volume version of 1906 was edited by Austin Dobson (1840–1921), the author and poet who also wrote the volume on Henry Fielding in the 'English Men of Letters' series, among many other literary biographies. In an extensive preface, Dobson explains his reasons for revisiting a work which had already received much editorial attention, and his introduction gives a short biography of its author. Volume 3 covers the period from 1677, including the death of Charles II and the Glorious Revolution, and ending with notes made a few weeks before Evelyn's death in 1706.

ISBN: 9781108078856

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 29mm

Weight: 660g

522 pages