PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669 and a selection from his Private Correspondence . Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1825.
PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669 and a selection from his Private Correspondence . Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 2 volumes, large 4 o (300 x 232 mm). Half-titles, 13 engraved portraits and plates including one folding, 2 illustrations in text. (Some spotting and offsetting onto text, volume 2 title-page loose.) Later half morocco, edges marbled (scuffed, rebacked.) Provenance : Mortimer L. Schiff (bookplate on verso of flyleaf in volume 1). FIRST EDITION. Pepys' famous diary remained in cipher until 1825, when it was deciphered by John Smith and edited by Lord Braybrooke. Its vivid picture of contemporary everyday life has kept it a popular source of information about late 17-century England. Grolier English 75.
PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669 and a selection from his Private Correspondence . Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1825.
PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669 and a selection from his Private Correspondence . Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. 2 volumes, large 4 o (300 x 232 mm). Half-titles, 13 engraved portraits and plates including one folding, 2 illustrations in text. (Some spotting and offsetting onto text, volume 2 title-page loose.) Later half morocco, edges marbled (scuffed, rebacked.) Provenance : Mortimer L. Schiff (bookplate on verso of flyleaf in volume 1). FIRST EDITION. Pepys' famous diary remained in cipher until 1825, when it was deciphered by John Smith and edited by Lord Braybrooke. Its vivid picture of contemporary everyday life has kept it a popular source of information about late 17-century England. Grolier English 75.
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