The Diary of John Evelyn Esq, F.R.S. From 1641 to 1705-6 With Memoir Edited by William Bray Esq [Later Edition - Full Calf Binding]

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London: Frederick Warne & Co. inscribed 1905 to the front, otherwise undated later edition. Full leather binding for Marlborough College, gilt titles, raised gilt bands, gilt decoration to the compartments, blind dentelles, marbled paste downs and end papers. xvi, 17-619pp. John Evelyn, FRS (31 October 1620 27 February 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries, or memoirs, are largely contemporaneous with those of his rival diarist, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time (the deaths of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell, the last Great Plague of London, and the Great Fire of London in 1666). Over the years, Evelyn's Diary has been overshadowed by Pepys's chronicles of 17th-century life. Born into a family whose wealth was largely founded on gunpowder production, John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey and grew up in Lewes, Sussex. While living in Lewes, in Southover Grange, he was educated at Lewes Old Grammar School. After this he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and at the Middle Temple. In London, he witnessed important events such as the trials and executions of William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford and Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. Having briefly joined the Royalist army and arrived too late for the Royalist victory at the Battle of Brentford in 1642, he went abroad to avoid further involvement in the English Civil War. Evelyn died in 1706 at his house in Dover Street, London. Wotton House and estate were inherited by his grandson John (1682 1763) later Sir John Evelyn, Bt. Provenance: inscribed John Stewart Eagles (1905) to the front. Size: Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles to brown label, five raised gilt bands, six gilt decorated compartments. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition green leather boards, gilt filet border, college crest, marked and scratched. Page edges good condition all marbled, darkened to the top. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition marbled with blind dentelles to the leather turn-ins. End papers good condition marbled, some foxing to the free end papers, inscribed to the front. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: not dated Binding: Hardback. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1704923057738

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