The Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary

Pepys, Samuel. Edited By Robert Latham

ISBN 10: 0520036336 / ISBN 13: 9780520036338

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1978

About this Item

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; 14 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; chronological summary; index, glossary. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, an unmarked copy, bottom corners bumped, not affecting pages; unclipped jacket shows minimal wear.

Seller Inventory # 013140

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520036336
• ISBN 13: 9780520036338
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • British
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

Illustrated version of selected passages from Pepys' diary between 1660 and 1669, showing his robust enjoyment of both his public and private lives

About the Author

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) began his famous diary on 1 January 1660 when he was very poor, but he was to rise to positions of importance which gave him a unique insight into the politics and manners of seventeenth century London society.