The Diary of John Evelyn
New York & Ohio: St. Dunstan Society, c. 1901. Binding: rebacked tastefully to match the orginial boards, tooled gilt rules and
Illustrated with a color frontispiece elaborate design on front covers, blind tooled elaborate design on back, matching pasted and free end papers.
, Notes: John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist.
Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time (he witnessed the deaths of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666). Over the years, Evelyn’s Diary has been over-shadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life.[1] Evelyn and Pepys corresponded frequently and much of this correspondence has been preserved.
, Size: 4to: (160mm x 230mm), Illustration: Illustrated with a color frontispiece., Volume: 2volumes, Category: Book History. A fine and handsome set.
top edges gilt, front and bottom edges uncut.
. Item #B4151
Binding: rebacked tastefully to match the orginial boards, tooled gilt rules and
Illustrated with a color frontispiece elaborate design on front covers, blind tooled elaborate design on back, matching pasted and free end papers.
, Notes: John Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist.
Evelyn's diaries or Memoirs are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time (he witnessed the deaths of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666). Over the years, Evelyn’s Diary has been over-shadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life.[1] Evelyn and Pepys corresponded frequently and much of this correspondence has been preserved.
, Size: 4to: (160mm x 230mm), Illustration: Illustrated with a color frontispiece., Volume: 2volumes, Category: Book History.
Price: $275.00