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. from the original short-hand MS. in the Pepysian Library, and a selection from his private correspondence. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke.
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1828
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3072079
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v., plates . ill.., maps, ports.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted in v.5: printed advertisement ([4]p.) for an ed. of Pepys's Diary by Henry B. Wheatley. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered T. Gaisford, S.T.P. Æd. XTI, Decan. [i.e. T. Gaisford (1779-1855), Dean of Christ Church from 1831]. (Franks 11572). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v.1 pastedown in Norris's hand: 10 vols. NW 1/2-/-/- 3/48. Forms part of a set with Evelyn, J. Memoirs (1827). Loosely inserted: a slip of notes from Pepys in Norris's hand.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; double gilt fillets; gilt-ruled spines; brown leather spine labels with gilt title "Pepys' Memoirs"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) Richard Griffin Neville, 3rd Baron Braybrooke (1783-1858)