DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS, F. R. S
New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co., Inc., n.d. [@1900]. Hardcover. Four volumes (5-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in 3/4 red morocco leather and cloth with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands, top edges gilt. The diary deciphered by Rev. J. Smith from the original shorthand. Life and notes by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Illustrated with plates. The most revered personal history ever written in English, Pepys's Diaries cover only nine years, 1660 to 1669, but very interesting years in England. Plague, fire, and war are some of the events Pepys lived through and recorded. Richard Garnett says no work of the kind in the world's literature can for a moment be compared with THE DIARY, which he calls "the most valuable document extant for the understanding of the times." For Andrew Lang, Pepys is "perpetually the most amusing of gossips, and, of all who have gossiped about themselves, the only one who tells the truth." The Diary was written in a private cipher and remained unreadable for more than a hundred and fifty years. Partly unopened. A few minor spots of rubbing; bottom rear corner of third volume bumped. About Fine. Item #022232
Price: $350.00