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Coburn, London., 1819. 2nd. Ed.. Two volume set. Large 4to. Collated and complete with 12 plates. Previously owned by 2 public libraries and more recently, by a private owner. With some small stamps internally, including to the plates. Plates show some foxing and two have marginal marks. Some spotting to text which is generally very clean. Some neat marginal repairs (10) and several further repairs running into text (6); no loss of text. Pages rough-cut as published. More recently rebound in half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine (no external indication of library ownership). Binding in fine condition. A vg. ex-lib. set. The preferred second edition. Comprises Evelyn�s diary between 1641 and 1706. Also, the private correspondence between John Evelyn, King Charles I and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas (whilst in Scotland in 1641). Also, the correspondence between Evelyn, Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne.

London: Henry Colburn 1818. 4to. First edition. 2 volumes, with volume 2 in two parts. pp. xxiii., 620; viii., 332 & 336 illustrated with map and portrait frontispieces to each part. Publisher's cloth binding is worn with damaged spines and volume 2 has an almost detached board. Foxed pages otherwise a good pair. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Good. Publisher's Cloth. First Edition. 1818.

London: Printed for Henry Colburn. Good with no dust jacket. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth bindings. Rebound. Volume II has faded and worn green cloth boards. Volume I has a faded green cloth spine, but black cloth boards after a second rebinding. Remnant of leather spine labels on cloth spines. 1/4" missing or frayed at spine ends on both volumes. Internally very good. Text leaves clean. Moderate foxing to plates. Hinges broken. Pencil marginalia on rear endpapers. Headbands missing or detached. ; Volume I: xxiii, [1], 620 pages + portrait frontis + 2 plates (1 folding) + 1 genealogical table (folding) + 1 plan of Deptford (folding). Volume II: viii, [4], 366, [1], [1], 335, [1] pages + portrait frontis + 3 plates. Title continues: "Comprising his Diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, The Private Correspondence between King Charles I. and his Secretary of State, Sir Edward Nicholas, Whilst his Majesty was in… Leer más

London: Henry Colburn, 1819. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 9.5". Unamed. A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn. Second edition. 'Comprising his diary, from the year 1641 to 1705-6, and a selection of his familiar letters. To which is subjoined, the private correspondence between King Charles I. and his secretary of state, Sir Edward Nicholas, whilst His Majesty was in Scotland, 1641, and at other times during the Civil War; also between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne, ambassador to the court of France, in the time of Kind Charles I. and the usurpation'. With frontispieces to both volumes, one portrait of John Evelyn and one of his wife Mary, and ten other plates (collated complete). John Evelyn (31 October 1620 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art,… Leer más

London: John and Arthur Arch for Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition. 4to. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Seven plates, some folding. Bookplates of Estelle Doheny and James Bros. Contemporary calf tooled in gilt and blindstamped decorative band. One joint split. Rebacked, both volumes. Covers soiled, with first volume front cover having a large surface abrasion.

Volumes 1 and 2 London 1819 2nd edition. Henry Colburn. Volume 3 1825 Henry Colburn. Hardcover. Three large 4tos., uniformly bound in 3/4 dark brown leather, dark blue cloth boards and red marbled end papers. Spine statese "Memoirs of John Evelyn Vol. I, II, III." Volume 1: 671pp., 6 full page engravings, one foldout map of Deptford in 1623, fine engraved frontis portrait of Evelyn. Volume 2: 320pp., 4 plates, 3/4 black leather with black cloth covered boards. Volume 2 also includes Original Letters, 336pp. Volume 3: 849 p. 4 plates. Volume 1 boards have been remounted and inner hinges reinforced. Fairly Good, a few pages professionally repaired, a few plates have a small illegible stamp, leather quite rubbed and worn, occasional light foxing or spotting in text but generally text is clean and bright. Collated complete except for the Pedigree chart. Excellent reading copy of this diary of life in 18thc England. Binding quite secure. Three large volumes in matching bindings. .