Everybody's Pepys: The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669 Abridged from the Copyright Text and Edited by O. F. Morshead (HQ468)

Published 1926: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard

Original red embossed cloth with gilt titles on the spine. 570 + clean and bright pages, mild speckled foxing on the first and last few pages and edges. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time consistent with age but remain very firm and intact. (HQ468)

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The detailed private diary Samuel Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.

With 60 Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Google Books...