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A Treatise on Salad: John Evelyn’s Book on the Virtues of Cultivated Greens*

Year: 2025

Type: other

Abstract: *This is a translated, slightly expanded version of my recent post on the Herzog August Library’s official blog. John Evelyn (1620–1706) is probably best known today as a diarist. Alongside his friend and frequent correspondent Samuel Pepys, he remains one of the most important witnesses to life in 17th-century England. But Evelyn was more than just a chronicler - he was also a practical thinker, a hands-on experimenter, and in many ways an early “how-to”-author. His impressive body of work ...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/13vgi

Author: Alina Lange

Language: English

Topic: Historical Philosophy and Science

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6973943414

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