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A Sotheran bound set of Pepys' diary, an illustrated edition of this monumental historical source for the seventeenth century. Bound by Henry Sotheran.Complete in ten volumes,Volumes I - VIII containing the diary, Volume IX the index, and Volume X Pepysiana.Pepys' diaries was kept from 1660 to 1669, and it is now considered to be one of the most important primary sources on the English Restoration.Pepys was the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both Kings Charles II and James II.The diaries are noted for its eyewitness accounts of great events, including the Great Plague of London, the Great Fire of London, and the Second Dutch War.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding plate, and three plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates.Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate.Volume IV illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates.Volume V illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Volume VI illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and one plateVolume VII illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates.Volume VIII illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate.Volume IX illustrated with a frontispiece.Volume X illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, three folding pedigrees, six plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.With notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke.Edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards, bound by Sotheran. Externally, smart, with some light marks to the boards. Spines are a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most important primary sources of the English Restoration, recording personal experiences and views of significant events such as the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.