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1904-1905 The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Description
Leather Binding, Signed Binding
Complete in eight volumes.
In half morocco bindings, stamped 'bound for William Brown, Edinburgh' to front free endpaper tails.
Pepys' diaries, kept from 1660 to 1669, are now considered one of the most important primary sources of the English Restoration.
Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both Kings Charles II and James II, Pepys' diaries are an important historical resource for the period, noted for providing eyewitness accounts of great events, including the plague, the Great Fire of London, and the Second Dutch War.
Edited and with annotations from Henry B. Wheatley.
Condition
In half morocco signed bindings, with cloth covered boards. Externally, exceptionally lovely. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of spotting and the odd area of foxing throughout each volume.
Near Fine
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