Author: PEPYS, SAMUEL
Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys, suitably edited
Description: London : Collins Clear-Type Press (Library of classics), 1900(?).. Introduction Braybrooke (1825). No year. Probably1900 Thus first edition. 640 p., frontisp. Portrait, index, 10 x 15.5 cm. HARDCOVER: (Orig. red leather, with gilt titling and decoration to the spine (STILL VERY BRIGHT), Bit loosening, name on end paper else VERY GOOD) ¶ RARE EDITION of the 'suitably edited' Diary of Samuel Pepys, a primary source of information on the English Restoration period, and provides a view into life between the years of 1660 and 1669. It contains personal eyewitness accounts of many important historical events, including the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.

Keywords: Literature fiction Social life and customs 17th century


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