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Henry Colburn, 1828. Hardcover. Fine/No jacket. 2nd edition. Five volumes, expanded from the original two. "... secretary to the admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II. Comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669. Decyphered by the Rev. John Smith, A.B., from the original shorthand ms. in the Pepsian Library, and a selection from his private correspondence." Rebound in 3/4 leath with marbled boards.

(Printed by S. and R. Bentley for) Henry Colburn, London: ., 1825 Two Volumes. LACKS Frontis in both volumes. Illustrated with text portrait in volume one. Marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Rev. Charles Wood in both volumes. Folio. 305mm. Original full green leather bindings. Boards ruled in gold. Front board fragile on volume one. Corners and edges rubbed and worn with some loss. Original leather spine labels on volume one. Volume two labels chipped with small loss. Raised bands. Head of spine on volume one torn without loss. Early re-backing of spines. First Edition. "Pepys is marvelously entertaining. The times and the man peep out in a thousand odd circumstances and amusing expressions. The ablest picture of the Age." - Alibone. This Scarce First Edition has been sadly "Grangerized" and wants many of the portrait plates Hardbound. Perhaps the most famous diary in the English language. Please email us directly about postal charges on these sets. **PRICE MUCH REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 5… Leer más

Henry Colburn, 1828. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1828 second edition (first Octavo edition), Henry Colburn (London), five 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches tall volumes, 3/4 red leather over orange cloth boards, five raised bands and gilt ruling and lettering to spines, top page edges gilt, illustrated with fine engraved portrait frontispieces and other engravings and facsimiles (some folding), index, [v.1] lx, 376; [v.2] 451; [v.3] 446; [v.4] 461; [v.5] viii, 485 pp. (2,287 pages total). Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. A few isolated instances of very slight creasing or edgewear to a page here and there. But altogether an exceptionally fine set of the Braybrooke edition - clean, bright and unmarked, in a splendid binding. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~W~ [10.5P] The diary of Samuel Pepys is probably the most famous diary in the English language. Begun in January 1660 and finishing in May 1669, it… Leer más

London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828. Second Edition and First Octavo edition. Illustrated. Printed by S. & R. Bentley. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in full tan almost contemporary calf, elborately gilt spines, witth red and brown labels, marbled edges, minor rubbing. Very handsome. Second Edition and First Octavo edition. Illustrated. Printed by S. & R. Bentley. 5 vols. 8vo.

London:: Henry Colburn, and Richard Bentley,, 1828-1841.. The second edition (first 8vo) of the Memoirs and the first edition of The Life and Journals.. contemporary elegant full tan polished calf; spines extra gilt with spine labels in three colors.. Some light rubbing to the joints; a very attractive set.. 8vo,.

London: Henry Colburn, 1825. First Edition. quarto, 2 volumes, illustrated with 14 engraved plates, including 2 frontispieces. Contemporary full leather boards of diced Russia, rebacked to style in brown calf. Internally, quite clean, but for off-setting from the portraits, one portrait with small marginal stain; brown stains on pp. 239-243. Overall a very good copy.

London: Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked. Very good in custom very good cloth slipcase. 2 vols. 498 [49], 309 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Eight engraved portraits, and six plates ( one a facsimile of Pepy's handwriting and short-hand cypher, one double page (folding map,) This diary, written in a very small hand in six volumes, was included among his books at Magdalene. Pepys wrote it in Shelton's system of tachygraphy published in 1641, which he embellished with foreign languages and by varieties of his own invention. The diary, never intended for the public [he tells of kicking his cook, blackening his wife's eye and taking bribes] is a compelling witness of the times as well as Restoration politics. Extensive Index to The Dairy. GROLIER 100 P.173. HAZEN (Walpole 1750). Armorial bookplates of George Bramwell Baker, offsetting of plates to text, internally generally clean with some minor toning mostly marginal, raised bands, spine panels gilt… Leer más

London: Henry Colburn, 1825. Large 4to, 2 vols. (11 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches). [2], xlii, 498, [2], xlix; [4], 348, [2], vii, [1], [3]-311pp. Engraved frontispiece in each volume and 11 engraved plates (one folding)., plus a map of the Action at Sheerness with the Dutch Fleet, including a facsimile of Pepys special short-hand, a family tree, and fine portraits of Pepys and his wife Elizabeth. Three quarter dark green morocco by Zaehndorf, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers. A very fine first edition of Pepys's diary. Samuel Pepys, the Secretary to the Admiralty under Charles II and James II, began keeping a diary at the age of 27 and filled six volumes before ending it nine years later. The diary, originally written in code, was housed in the Magdalene College library until the Rev. John Smith, of St. Johns Cambridge, deciphered it between 1819 and 1822, and it was published in 1825. As a leading official in the admiralty for over a decade, Pepys was in touch with some of the most influential men in… Leer más

First Edition. Complete in two quarto volumes, modern full leather bindings, but retaining original marbled pastedowns and endpapers with ownership bookplates of Sir Henry St. John Mildmay (Dogmersfield Library) whose library was auctioned in London in 1907. Edited by Lord Braybrooke using John Smith's transcription of the original diary. Pepys diary gave historians important insights into the Restoration of the British Monarchy, the Anglo-Dutch war, The Great Plague and the Great Fire of London. Illustrated with 13 engraved plates as called for, no half-titles. An attractive set, some pages foxed, frontis of volume one with some staining.

The Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London: Henry Colburn, 1825. FIRST EDITION. Two large quarto volumes with half-titles in each volume. Engraved frontispiece in each volume, eleven engraved plates (one folding), and embellished with two engraved illustrations in the text. Uncut in contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards (Spanish marble), smooth spines lettered in gilt. Engraved bookplates affixed to front paste-downs. Some subtle restoration to spines. Minor edge-wear. Scattered very light browning and foxing, (especially to plates), as is usually the case. Subtle repairs to short marginal tears on leafs 2E2 and 2I4. Overall, an uncut and attractive copy of the seminal diary of the 17th century, housed in a custom clamshell box of tan linen with gilt black Morocco lettering piece. Frillier, 100 English 75, Sterling 674

London: Harry Colburn, 1825. [Fine Binding]. Two volumes, complete. Full blue crushed morocco with hand-painted portrait miniatures of Samuel Pepys and Mrs. Pepys framed in seed pearls, ashes of roses moire doublures and endpapers, exaggerated raised bands, gilt titles with ornate tooled compartments, front and rear boards ornately ruled and tooled, all edges gilt, housed in two custom felt-lined clamshell boxes, (12 x 9.5 inches). First Edition, Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street. SIGNED BINDING "Bound by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England." Volume 1: engraved frontispiece portrait of Pepys (Kneller/Bragg), printed title-page with Pepys' crossed anchor device; contents, list of plates: [i]-xlii; pp. [1]-498; index title-page, + index: [i]-xlix. Volume 1 illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including Pepys/Impington family pedigrees. Volume 2: frontispiece engraving of Pepys' Library in York Buildings (Nevill/Cooper), printed title-page with device; pp. [1]-311; Volume 2… Leer más