Author: Evelyn, John; Bray, William; editor
Title: Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R. S. To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles First and Sir Edward Nicholas and between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the Orginal Mss. At Wotton by William Bray, Esq. F.A. S. A New Edition in Four Volumes. Corrected, Revised, and Enlarged. (4 Volumes)
Description: London: George Bell and Sons, 1889-1891. 1889-1891. London: George Bell and Sons, 1889-1891. 1889-1891. Good. - Octavo, three quarter tan calf & marbled boards with gilt-lettered leather labels between raised bands & decorations in gilt on the spines. The top edges are gilt & the endpapers are marbled. The bindings are lightly rubbed with some darkening to the leather at the extremities. Some kind of veneer has been applied to the spines & there are pieces out of the leather & out of the labels, affecting the titling. The front cover of Vol. 1 is detached. xxxviii & 434 pages; [iv] & 398 pages; xii & 399 pages; viii & 469 pages; with a 16-page publisher's catalog in each volume. Illustrated with 45 engraved plates, including a portrait frontispiece in each volume & a folding genealogical table. There is an owner's bookplate displaying a coat of arms on each front pastedown with a later owner's ink address stamp & printed address label on the preliminary blanks of each volume. The front edges of a few pages in Vol. 2 are darkened. Good.

A title in Bohn's Historical Library. Good .

Keywords: HISTORY; LITERATURE; DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN; LETTERS; Correspondence Between King Charles First and Sir Edward Nicholas; CORRESPONDENCE Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Brown; EDITOR; WILLIAM BRAY; EN

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