EVELYN, John (1620-1706). The Diary of John Evelyn.
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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). The Diary of John Evelyn. Austin DOBSON, introduction. London & New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited & The MacMillan Company, 1906. Â
 3 volumes, 8vo (221 x 140 mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, 11 engraved portraits, 3 engraved maps (1 folding), 38 engraved views (2 folding), 3 facsimile title-pages, one folding facsimile autograph letter, one folding pedigree of the Evelyn family. (Some offsetting, some staining to preliminary leaves, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half  morocco, green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spines sunned, some light chipping or staining).   LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 unnumbered copies of the "Edition de Luxe." Evelyn's diary was first published in 1818 and was immediately well-received. While the publication of Samuel Pepys ' diary a few years later became more widely known, the publication of The Diary of John Evelyn paved the way for Pepys ' success (Harris and Hunter, John Evelyn and His Milieu, 2003, p. 2).  Â
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch
 3 volumes, 8vo (221 x 140 mm). Engraved portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, 11 engraved portraits, 3 engraved maps (1 folding), 38 engraved views (2 folding), 3 facsimile title-pages, one folding facsimile autograph letter, one folding pedigree of the Evelyn family. (Some offsetting, some staining to preliminary leaves, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary half  morocco, green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spines sunned, some light chipping or staining).   LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 unnumbered copies of the "Edition de Luxe." Evelyn's diary was first published in 1818 and was immediately well-received. While the publication of Samuel Pepys ' diary a few years later became more widely known, the publication of The Diary of John Evelyn paved the way for Pepys ' success (Harris and Hunter, John Evelyn and His Milieu, 2003, p. 2).  Â
Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch
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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). The Diary of John Evelyn.
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