Diary of Samuel Pepys Volume III - Leather-bound marbled book - 1858, 6th edit.

Memoirs/Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. His Diary From 1659-1669, and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. VOLUME III of V. MARBLED PAGES. SIXTH EDITION A bit delicate but in very good antique condition, see photos. The marbled paper is incredible. In 1660 Samuel Pepys, an increasingly-important 26 year-old civil servant in London, began writing his diary. He stopped a decade later. Pepys begins his diary at a crucial point in Britain's history. In September 1658, Oliver Cromwell died, passing the title of Protector (king in all but name) to his son Richard. Pepys' employer, Edward Mountagu was closely associated with the Cromwells' reign and the 1656-7 attempt to make Oliver king (Oliver refused because he feared the army's republicanism). Following Richard's overthrow in April 1659 Mountagu found himself increasingly at odds with the government's growing republican elements. The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. The full set of books provide (this is only one, volume 3) a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.