Evelyn, John

Memoires for my grand-son... Transcribed and furnished with a preface and notes by Geoffrey Keynes.

Bloomsbury: Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition limited to 1250 copies, 12mo, pp. xii, [2], 104. [1]; decorative title-page; original limp vellum bindstamped on covers and lettered in gilt on spine, yapp edges; a fine, bright copy in a worn and cracked marbled slipcase. From a manuscript begun when Evelyn was 84 years old, and consisting of "minute directions to the grandson for the conduct of his worldly affairs, the management of his estates and the observances due to religion; together with 'Promiscuous Advices'" (Dreyfus, p. 196). Dreyfus 37. Item #30292

Price: $75.00