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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles II and James II. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669
by PEPYS, Samuel
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About This Item
First Edition. Complete in two quarto volumes, modern full leather bindings, but retaining original marbled pastedowns and endpapers with ownership bookplates of Sir Henry St. John Mildmay (Dogmersfield Library) whose library was auctioned in London in 1907. Edited by Lord Braybrooke using John Smith's transcription of the original diary. Pepys diary gave historians important insights into the Restoration of the British Monarchy, the Anglo-Dutch war, The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. Illustrated with 13 engraved plates as called for, no half-titles. An attractive set, some pages foxed, frontis of volume one with some staining.
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- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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- 450006
- Title
- Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reign of Charles II and James II. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669
- Author
- PEPYS, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Weight
- 0.00
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For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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