The Diary of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. Secretary to the admiralty in the reigns of Charles II. and James II. the diary deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, A.M., from the original shorthand MS. in the Pepysian Library. With a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke

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[Diaries] THIRD EDITION, much enlarged and extended. Five volumes uniformly bound. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xli; 388; [3]; 16, pp.[5]; 450; 2, pp.[4]; 440; 4, pp.[4]; 511; [1], pp.[4]; 561; [1]; 16. Publisher's brown cloth with blind tooling to boards, gilt tooling to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Fold out facsimile page of Pepy's diary to p.xlii vol.1, fold out frontispiece of the Pepys Library to vol.3, fold out map to vol.v pg.424, illustrated frontispiece to Vol. I and II. Toning to edges of textblock, small bookseller's label front paste down, scuffing to cloth, wearing to cloth especially at spine with some cloth peeling leaving small pieces of the spine exposed particularly to Vol. I and Vol. IV, rolling to spines, bumping to corners and wearing to cloth at corners. Very good. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669, first published in the 19th century. It has become one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Although detailing major events throughout the period such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London, his diary still includes the trivialities of everyday life one would expect to find in a diary such as the jealousies and insecurities he experiences. All the fold out pages of the diary remain in excellent condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 66877

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