1924 EXQUISITE Samuel Pepys Diary English Restoration Great Plague Fire London



A rare beautifully bound 20th-century three-volume set of the famed Diary of Samuel Pepys.



Samuel Pepys was a 17th-century English naval administrator and politician. For nearly a decade (1660-1669), Pepys kept a detailed diary of his life and the events that occurred. The diarys fascinating contents were a tremendous source of information, offering unique insight into the “English Restoration” period. Alongside a variety of entries regarding his public and personal life are his eyewitness accounts of important historical events. Some events described include the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, the Great Fire of London, and much more!



Item number: #40243

Price: $750



PEPYS, Samuel ; WHEATLEY, Henry B. (Editor)



Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S. ; Clerk of the acts and secretary to the admiralty ; Transcribed by the late Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A. from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge



London: G. Bell and Sons LTD; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1924.



Details:

Collation: Complete; 8 volumes in 3 tomes

Vol. I-III – lix, [1], 342, [2]; 407, [1]; 371, [1]

Vol. IV-VI – [4], 424; 424, [2]; 385, [1]

Vol. VII-VIII – [4], 387, [1]; 514

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)



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