Pepys Memoirs 1828
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Author: Pepys, Samuel
Title: Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith A.B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, from the Original Short-Hand Ms. in the Pepysian Library and a Selection from his Private Correspondence
Place Published: London
Publisher:Henry Colburn
Date Published: 1828
Description: 5 volumes. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Each with engraved portrait frontispiece, several folding plates throughout. (8vo) old full calf, spines gilt, morocco labels, all edges marbled; gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Second Edition.Key historical record of Restoration London, which remained unprinted for more than 150 years after its original composition. The text was painstakingly deciphered from Pepys's shorthand by Smith, a penniless student, who did not realize that the manual for the system, Thomas Shelton's Tutor to Tachygraphy (1642), was easily accessible in his own college library.
Author: Pepys, Samuel
Title: Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith A.B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, from the Original Short-Hand Ms. in the Pepysian Library and a Selection from his Private Correspondence
Place Published: London
Publisher:Henry Colburn
Date Published: 1828
Description: 5 volumes. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Each with engraved portrait frontispiece, several folding plates throughout. (8vo) old full calf, spines gilt, morocco labels, all edges marbled; gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Second Edition.Key historical record of Restoration London, which remained unprinted for more than 150 years after its original composition. The text was painstakingly deciphered from Pepys's shorthand by Smith, a penniless student, who did not realize that the manual for the system, Thomas Shelton's Tutor to Tachygraphy (1642), was easily accessible in his own college library.
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