Lot 331
Maritime.- Pepys (Samuel) Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, first edition, Printed for Ben. Griffin and are to be sold by Sam. Keble, 1690.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Maritime.- Pepys (Samuel) Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after G. Kneller, title in red and black, folding table, usual manuscript corrections to pages 11, 33, 39, 40, 42, 57, 70, 90, 92, 103, and 120, a couple of leaves browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1449], 8vo, Printed for Ben. Griffin and are to be sold by Sam. Keble, 1690.
⁂ Second issue with Griffin and Keble in the imprint (first issue has simply "Printed Anno MDCXC").
Provenance: Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville and Baron of Kimbolton (armorial bookplate and that of Kimbolton Castle).
Description
Maritime.- Pepys (Samuel) Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after G. Kneller, title in red and black, folding table, usual manuscript corrections to pages 11, 33, 39, 40, 42, 57, 70, 90, 92, 103, and 120, a couple of leaves browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1449], 8vo, Printed for Ben. Griffin and are to be sold by Sam. Keble, 1690.
⁂ Second issue with Griffin and Keble in the imprint (first issue has simply "Printed Anno MDCXC").
Provenance: Charles Montagu, Earl of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville and Baron of Kimbolton (armorial bookplate and that of Kimbolton Castle).
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