The illustrated Pepys extracts from the diary
Main Author: | Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703. |
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Other Authors: | Latham, Robert, 1912- |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c1978.
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Item Description: |
Includes index. |
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Physical Description: |
240 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
0520036336 : |
Author Notes: |
Pepys's diary has become a national monument. The diary was written in one of the many standard forms of shorthand used in Pepys's time, in this case called Tachygraphy; devised by Thomas Shelton. At the end of May 1669, he reluctantly concluded that, for the sake of his eyes, he should completely stop writing and, from then on, only dictate to his clerks which meant he could no longer keep his diary. In total, Pepys wrote for approximately nine years. This collection of both personal and political accounts is an important timepiece that illustartes life in 17th Century England. When Pepys died on May 26, 1703, he had no children and left his entire estate to his nephew, John Jackson. His estate included over 3,000 volumes in his collection of books. All of these were indexed and catalogued; they form one of the most important surviving private laibraries of the 17th century. (Bowker Author Biography) |