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writer, gardener and diarist (1620-1706)
Also known as: Fumifugium, Sylva, Джон Ивлин, جون إيفلين, 존 이블린, ジョン・イーヴリン
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- Diary (1879)
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- Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn (1854)
- Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions (1664)