The Diary of Samuel Pepys Two Volume Set 1942 Heritage Press Editor Henry B. Wheatley Illustrator William Sharp English history books

This is a very good 2 volume set of hardcovers. 1942 Heritage Press, NO slipcases as originally issued. Each volume is very good inside and out. There is only a hint of light natural tanning to pages from age and they are very clean w no markings seen. The bindings on each is tight and straight bound w fine sewn binding for durability. Black cloth hardcover boards are also very good with only very light shelf wear. There is some fading along the spine of the black cloth hardcover boards but gold title lettering along spine still very good. Each volume is crown octavo book size or 5.5" x 8" with Volume One containing 312 pages and Volume To containing 139 pages. Each has illustrated endpapers front and back.

Samuel Pepys, the English writer and politician served as an official on the Navy Board and Member of Parliament. He is most remembered today for the diary he kept. His influence and reforms of the English Admiralty were important in history of the Royal Navy.

His diaries are divided into two volumes in this Heritage Press edition. Volume one covers the years 1659-1654 and Volume Two covers 1665-1669. First published in the 19th century, it is one of the most important primary sources of the Stuart Restoration. It provides detailed account and personal experiences along with eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London. Volume One endpapers feature an illustrations of the Tower of London in 1660 and Volume Two endpapers feature illustrations of The Great Fire, 1666.

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