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Author Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Title Diary of John Evelyn, esq. F.R.S. [microform] : to which are added a selection from his familiar letters and the private correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde (afterwards earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne / edited from the original mss. by William Bray, F.S.A.

Imprint London : Bickers and son, 1879.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 21968-71    ---  Available
Edition A new ed. in four volumes / with a life of the author by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. with numerous portraits.
Description 4 v. : ill., geneal. table, plates, ports.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 21968-71
Note Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces.
v. IV. Correspondence of John Evelyn. Character of Mrs. Evelyn, by Dr. Bohun. From the original in his hand-writing. Letters from Mrs. Evelyn. Private correspondence between King Charles I. and his secretary of state, Sir Edward Nicholas, whilst His Majesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at other times during the civil war. Private correspondence 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. Extracts from letters written by Sir Richard Browne, whilst ambassador at Paris. Appendum. Index.
Contents v. I. Preface by Bickers and son. Life of the author. Pedigree of the Evelyn family. Portraits of John Evelyn. List of works by John Evelyn. Oeiginal dedication, by William Bray. Preface, by William Bray. The diary -- v. II. The diary. Appendix. Narrative of the encounter between the French and Spanish ambassadors. At the landing of the Swedish ambassador, Sept. 30, 1661 -- v. III. The diary. Illustrations. Appendix. List of Mr. Evelyn's publications. From a letter of his to Dr. Plot, dated 16 March, 1682-83. Epistolary correspondence --
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 21968-71)
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Subject Evelyn family.
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers.
Added Author Bray, William, 1736-1832
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917.
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.
Nicholas, Edward, Sir, 1593-1669.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.
Browne, Richard, Sir, 1605-1683.
Evelyn, Mary, 1634?-1709.

 
    
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