MEMOIRS OF JOHN EVELYN . . . COMPRISING HIS DIARY FROM 1641 TO 1705-6, AND A SELECTION OF HIS FAMILIAR LETTERS

by John Evelyn

$1,250 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages · No longer available

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London: Henry Colburn, 1827 . 222 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 . Five volumes. A New Edition. Especially pleasing contemporary tree calf by John Bumpus stamp-signed on front free flyleaf , covers with decorative gilt border, raised bands flanked by stippled rules, very attractively rebacked, spine compartments featuring elegant floral centerpiece surrounded by a lozenge

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