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THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS!Complete in 18 volumes.Printed in 1892-1899.THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A., F.R.S. Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty. For the First Time Fully Transcribed From the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright, M.A., Late Fellow and President of the College, with Lord Braybrooke's notes. Edited, with EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS, by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. With NEW CONTENT APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME.This being the FIRST TIME PEPYS' DIARY HAS APPEARED IN IT'S ENTIRETY, for the first time fully transcribed from the original manuscript (as stated on the title pages, and in the preface). Wheatley Limited Numbered Edition. For the First Time Fully Transcribed from the shorthand manuscript inthe Pepysian Library, Edited with extensive additions by Henry B. Wheatley. Printed on laid paper, with Japanese vellum used for frontispiece and title page of each volume.Bound in the original library style cloth bindings. Top… Read More

DICTIONARY OF ANTIQUITIES!A Dictionary of:ROMAN and GREEK ANTIQUITIES!With Nearly 2000 in-text Engravings on Wood.From Ancient OriginalsIllustrative of the Industrial Arts and Social Life of the Greeks and Romans.Complete in one volume.Printed in 1890!Well over a century old. PRIZE BINDING.Bound in full leather.Fifth Edition, Revised and Improved; and therefore with new content appearing for the FIRST TIME.Complete in One-Volume.Printed in 1890.This book is over 125 YEARS OLD!This is a PRIZE BINDING, as indicated by the inscription dated 1894, indicating this to be a mathematical prize!Bound in full morocco leather.Full leather bindings, such as these, were more costly to produce and are particularly desirable.This is a very high quality, heavy book.Elaborate triple ruled framing and paneling to covers.All edges cased in thick gilding.Raised hubs.Sewn in bookmark.London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890Measuring 8 inches tall.In VERY GOOD Condition overall but with a lot of generalized wear or abrasion,… Read More

Original softcover wraps.
Binding is original.
Fragile. Binding starting to separate. Generalized usage wear but complete and intact.
Ex library Royal College of Surgeons Ireland stamped on title page.
A rare first edition by Charles Bell. Approximately 6 inches tall. This will be well protected for shipping via Priority Mail.