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Pepys, Samuel.
DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SAMUEL PEPYS, F.R.S. FOUR VOLS.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1856. Hard Cover. First Edition. First American Edition. 427, 484, 481, 470 pp. Subtitle: "Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II. The Diary deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, A.M. from the original shorthand ms. in the Pepysian Library. With a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. First American from the Fifth London Edition." W/2 portraits. Covers are blindstamped with rules, small pattern, and textured all over. Spines have minor chipping at top; Vol. 3 spine chipped significantly at bottom; Vol. 1 has a chip just below title. Gilt titles are sunned. Little or no corner wear, some minor edgewear. All vols. have ink p.o. at upper edge of ffep. Portraits in first 2 vols. of Pepys and his wife Elizabeth. Minor foxing present. Nice copies of this classic. Very Good.
[Book #6904]
Price: $60.00
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