Diary Of Samuel Pepys (Three-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Vol I 1-3 - no DJ; Vol II 4-6 - Damaged DJ; Vol III 7-8 + index Yellowed DJ.
Vols. I-III; 1659-1663; Vols IV-VI; 1664-1667; Vols. VII-VIII; 1667-1669 + Index. This three volume edition of Pepys’s diary presents one of the great documents of seventeenth century English life, detailing his candid observations on politics, plague, fire, court intrigue, daily pleasures, and personal shortcomings with unmatched immediacy. It illustrates the growth of Restoration London through the eyes of a shrewd naval administrator whose private record has become a cornerstone of historical and literary scholarship.
Author: Samuel Pepys
Format: Hardback
Published: 1928, G. Bell & Sons - printed on india paper.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Vol I 1-3 - no DJ; Vol II 4-6 - Damaged DJ; Vol III 7-8 + index Yellowed DJ.
Vols. I-III; 1659-1663; Vols IV-VI; 1664-1667; Vols. VII-VIII; 1667-1669 + Index. This three volume edition of Pepys’s diary presents one of the great documents of seventeenth century English life, detailing his candid observations on politics, plague, fire, court intrigue, daily pleasures, and personal shortcomings with unmatched immediacy. It illustrates the growth of Restoration London through the eyes of a shrewd naval administrator whose private record has become a cornerstone of historical and literary scholarship.