[PEPYS, SAMUEL]. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II with a Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. London: Henry Colburn, 1848-49.
The third edition, considerably enlarged. Complete in five volumes. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (200 x 125 mm.). Pp. xli, 388; 450; 440; 511; 561. Beautifully bound in half morocco, spines gilt, cloth sides, t.e.g., fore edge unevenly cut, hand-marbled endpapers, initial and terminal blanks present, half-titles present. Volume I with a portrait frontispiece of Pepys and a fold out facsimile of his hand writing. Volume II with a portrait frontispiece of Elizabeth Pepys. Volume III with a folding plate showing Pepys' library at York Buildings. Volume V with a folding plan, appendix and index at the rear. Footnotes. Printed by F. Shoberl. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with all hinges perfectly intact. Lower board of vol. IV with some splash marks, the cover otherwise fine. Interiors beautifully preserved, some light foxing to endpapers. Nice armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Previous owner name sticker to fep's. A handsome set.
