By John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.]
London   George Newnes
7" by 4.5" xx, 2-809pp
A handsome example of the diaries of John Evelyn, offering a contemporary account of such events as momentous events such as the execution of Charles I, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London.
By John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.]

1903 The Diary of John Evelyn Esquire

London   George Newnes
7" by 4.5" xx, 2-809pp
A handsome example of the diaries of John Evelyn, offering a contemporary account of such events as momentous events such as the execution of Charles I, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London.
£125.00
: 0.5kgs / : 961F35

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Publishers' Original Binding

An excellent early 20th century edition of one of the most important and enduring personal accounts of 17th century England, chronicling the life, thoughts, and observations of John Evelyn, an English writer, gardener, and intellectual.

Edited by William Bray.

With an illustrated title page and frontispiece.

In the publisher's original pebble-grain cloth, in imitation of morocco.

Undated, dated 1903 via the British Library.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, but with small mark to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

Near Fine

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