The Diary of John Evelyn. Now first printed in full from the manuscripts belonging to Mr. John Evelyn and edited by E. S. De Beer. In six (6) volumes. [Oxford English Texts series] *With 3 Autograph Letters Signed from the editor*

EVELYN (JOHN) [1620-1706]. De Beer (E.S.), editor.

Edité par Oxford University, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1955

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Six volumes. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955. First edition. Portrait frontispiece, 15 plates (some of these folding), textual vignettes. Original black cloth, gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration, fore-edges untrimmed. Partly unopened. Rectangle of browning to free endpapers. The odd slight mark to covers, including some surface scratches to upper board of volume VI. A very good, bright set. §Loosely inserted are three Autograph Letters Signed, dated between 1958 & 1960, from the editor Esmond S. de Beer to Jack [-----], an unidentified scholarly recipient, several times inviting him to a dinner of The Johnson Club, and on one occasion commenting "I have to work on the letters of a dreadful Frenchman - which merely means that the handwriting is execrable". (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 6.5 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders. International customers PLEASE CONTACT US for a prior shipping quotation).

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• Titre: The Diary of John Evelyn. Now first printed in full from the manuscripts belonging to Mr. John Evelyn and edited by E. S. De Beer. In six (6) volumes. [Oxford English Texts series] *With 3 Autograph Letters Signed from the editor*
• Éditeur: Oxford University, Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Date de parution: 1955
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)
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