Tomalin, Claire — Samuel Pepys - The Unequalled Self

Viking 2002 reprint. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. xl+499pp, decorated endpapers, 24pp b/w plates, 2 b/w maps, index, a fine copy in a dustjacket that is a little worn at the edges. Acclaimed biography of Samuel Pepys' early formative years before he began to write his diary ( 1633 - 1660 ), the diary decade and the 3 decades he lived after the diary ceased to be kept.