| RefNo | CLP/3i/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The history of arts, illiberal and mechanick' by John Evelyn |
| Date | 1660 |
| Description | Evelyn provides categorised lists of mechanic and 'illiberal' trades and occupations. His categories are as follows:
- Usefull and purely mechanic
- Meane trades
- Servile
- Rusticall
- Femal [female] artifices
- Polite and more liberall
- Curious
- Exotick, and very rare seacretts [secrets]
Subject: Art / Trade
Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1660. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8217 | Evelyn; John (1620 - 1706); antiquary, diarist, and gardener | 1620 - 1706 |