Fine Books and Manuscripts

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. London: Henry Colburn, 1854.4 vols. 8vo, bound by Root & Son in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped and -lettered spines, t.e.g. Fourth edition, revised and corrected, with a life and notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Illustrated throughout with steel-engraved plates and facsimiles, some fold-out. Some darkening to boards; edgewear; offsetting from plates; scattered foxing.