Pepys Samuel Duff E Gordon (2 results)
More imagesPublished by London. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. 1914, 1914
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
Contact seller3-star sellersquare8vo. 22x 18cm, xix,82p., title page vignette (Pepys bookplate), I plan, index of printers, fine linen backed light blue paper over boards, ex-library with plate & accession label, boards slightly dust worn still very good (bib.ds). ~ Limited to 500 sets. The library of diarist Samuel Pepys (1632-1703) consists of nearly 3,…000 books. A unique collection exists in perpetual trust at Cambridge University. A plan of the Library is in the very substantial Introduction. This volume is part of a four volume set.
Published by London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1914., 1914
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.Ted Kottler, Bookseller
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 38.05
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Part II (of 4). xix, 82 pp, 1 leaf. Original linen-backed boards, uncut. Very Good. The other parts are I, Sea Manuscripts (1914); III, Mediaeval Manuscripts (1923); Shorthand Books (1940). 'Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was a student of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and bequea…thed his personal library of 3000 volumes to the College on condition that the contents remained intact and unaltered; they remain there, in his original bookcases, to this day. In the early twentieth century, a project to produce a complete catalogue was begun, and four volumes were published between 1914 and 1940. Volume 2 contains a general introduction to the library and its history, including extracts from Pepys's diary, will, and accounts. It then lists and describes the early printed books, with notes as to special features, other extant copies and publication history, among them several liturgical books in the Sarum rite and 1557 editions of Malory's La morte d'Arthur and the works of Thomas More. It also includes an index of printers. This catalogue remains a valuable resource for researchers in early publishing history and seventeenth-century studies' (Cambridge University Press Web site).
