Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S.

London: Henry Colburn, 1818.
First Edition.

30.5cm x 24cm. xxiii, 620; xvi, 366, [2], 336 pages. 2 frontispieces, 5 plates (1 folding), 1 folding table, 1 double-page map. Contemporary full leather, gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers.

Author of the “Sylva,” &c. &c. 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 King Charles I. and the Usurpation. The Whole Now First Published, From the Original Mss. in Two Volumes. Edited by William Bray. First Edition of John Evelyn’s Diary, published for the first time posthumously over 100 years after his death.

Minor to moderate shelf and handling wear, frontispiece in vol. I tender. Minor to moderate foxing and offsetting. Bookplate of Jacob Fagle. Very Good Condition.

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