The Diary of Samuel Pepys (first 4 volumes THUS)

Pepys, Samuel (Latham and Matthews, eds.)

ISBN 10: 0520015754 / ISBN 13: 9780520015753

Editore: University of California 1970 and on, Berkeley, 1970

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8vo. 1400+pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY, but we'll ship at the 1 book , media. mail. See notes for DJ conditions. All hardcovers Near Fine. All DJs are price-clipped and in mylar. All. have a bit of rubbing from shelfwear. DJ vol I: VG-, taped 3/4" tear top. front, couple 1/4" tears, 1/4" chips. Vol II: VG+, Bit of edgewear top. spine DJ. Vol III VG, 1/2" tear top edge. Vol IV, VG+ Bit of rubbing. only. The Group covers the years from 1660 through 1663. If memory. serves, the complete set is 10 or 12 volumes. But maybe if you got. through these 4 you wouldn't need more! Near Fine in VG to VG+ price-clipped DJs. Codice articolo MAIN024831I

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Titolo: The Diary of Samuel Pepys (first 4 volumes ...

Casa editrice: University of California 1970 and on, Berkeley

Data di pubblicazione: 1970

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

Edizione: hardcover.

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Riassunto:

Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period. In spite of its significance, all previous editions were inadequately edited and suffered from a number of omissionsuntil Robert Latham and William Matthews went back to the 300-year-old original manuscript and deciphered each passage and phrase, no matter how obscure or indiscreet.

The Diary deals with some of the most dramatic events in English history. Pepys witnessed the London Fire, the Great Plague, the Restoration of Charles II, and the Dutch Wars. He was a patron of the arts, having himself composed many delightful songs and participated in the artistic life of London. His flair for gossip and detail reveals a portrait of the times that rivals the most swashbuckling and romantic historical novels. In none of the earlier versions was there a reliable, full text, with commentary and notation with any claim to completeness. This edition, first published in 1970, is the first in which the entire diary is printed with systematic comment. This is the only complete edition available; it is as close to Pepys’s original as possible.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Robert Latham was Pepys Librarian at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In addition to editing the eleven volumes ofThe Diary of Samuel Pepys, he was the editor of the acclaimed Shorter Pepys (1985) andA Pepys Anthology (1988), both published by University of California Press.William Matthews was Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.