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"The definitive work on salads. The well-known salad calendar, if followed, will produce a variety of salad ingredients in your garden 12 months of the year. Evelyn, well ahead of his time , firmly believed salads should combine a variety of textures, aromas, colors, and tastes... Read Full Overview

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

John Evelyn (31 October 1620 - 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist.Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

John Evelyn FRS (31 October 1620 - 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. John Evelyn's diary, or memoir, spanned the period of his adult life from 1640, when he was a student, to 1706, the year he died. He did not write daily at all times. The many volumes... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets by John Evelyn

Reproduction of the original: Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets by John Evelyn