DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN, FRS To which is adjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne Edited from the general mss at Wotton by William Bray, Esq FAS A new edition in four volumes Corrected, revised, and enlarged

EVELYN, John (1620-1706) | BRAY, William

Published by London: Henry G Bohn, 1955

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Four volumes, complete as issued, handsomely bound in half calf over marbled boards with double contrasting title labels to spines which are heavily adorned in gilt and divided into compartments by five raised bands. Marbled page edges and pastedowns, with bookplate of Henry James Blaksley. Post 8vo (7.5 x 4.5 ins) pp xxxviii, 434 + [iv], 398 + [x], 399 + viii, 469. Total of 45 engraved plates, including the four frontispieces, (all with tissue guards) and one folding table showing the pedigree of the Evelyn family. Edges and heads of spines lightly rubbed, scattered spots of foxing. A really handsome set. Evelyn's Diary remained unpublished as a manuscript until 1818 when it was issued in a quarto volume of 700 pages covering the years 1641 to 1697. It continued in a smaller book to within three weeks of Evelyn's death in 1706. Despite entries going back to 1641, Evelyn only actually started writing his diary much later, relying on almanacs and accounts of other people for many of the earlier events. A selection from this was edited by William Bray, with the permission of the Evelyn family. Other editions followed, the most notable being those of H.B. Wheatley (1879) and Austin Dobson (3 vols, 1906).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN EVELYN, FRS To which is adjoined the Private Correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne Edited from the general mss at Wotton by William Bray, Esq FAS A new edition in four volumes Corrected, revised, and enlarged
• Publisher: London: Henry G Bohn
• Publication Date: 1955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Book Type: Book