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Old October 4th 04, 01:50 PM
Felix
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Default Samuel Pepys Diary

Hello, my mother in law recently showed me her library and one of the
collections was very interesting. It is a Samuel Pepys Diary. I
offered to look it up online to give her a quick reference on what it
might be worth, but she told me I wouldn't be able to find much out. I
was rather surprised when I couldn't find much about this collection.
She says that she once heard that there were only 5 copies that anyone
knew about. Here is what I know.

It is copy written 1892, published in Boston by a Francis Niccolls.
There were 1000 copies made. It is the first complete diary of Samuel
Pepys that was published in the United States. The books are a
somewhat light green color and there are 18 books total. It covers ten
years from 1660 to 1669.

My father in-law is trying to contact Cambridge University and I told
them I would post on a few forums to see if anyone knew about this
set. This set was a gift to her around 40 years ago and is what
inspired her to start collecting books. She has never had a book
appraiser in her library. However she is considering hiring one if her
feedback is good enough about this diary.
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