John Evelyn

Memoires for my Grand-son 1926

Oxford: Printed at Oxford for the Nonesuch Press, 16 Great James Street, Bloomsbury, 1926. Bound in cream paper boards and marbled slipcase. [6 x 3.75 inches]
[xii], 104pp.
[English]
Very Good. John Evelyn
Memoires for my Grand-son
1926
Printed at Oxford for the Nonesuch Press, 16 Great James Street, Bloomsbury
[6 x 3.75 inches]
[xii], 104pp.
[English]
Very Good

Number 590 of 1250 copies printed. First edition. Written in 1704, when John Evelyn was in his eighty-fourth year, this work was composed as personal advice and moral guidance for his grandson. It reflects Evelyn’s views on conduct, education, religion, and personal discipline, offering a concise and intimate distillation of the thinking of one of the central figures of seventeenth-century English intellectual life. The text is transcribed and presented with a preface and notes by Geoffrey Keynes.

Bound in original cream paper boards with blind-embossed decoration to the covers and gilt lettering to the spine. Printed on French handmade paper. Pages untrimmed. Housed in the original marbled paper-covered slipcase.

It is in Very Good condition. There is a slight splay to the front cover at the fore-edge. The text remains very clean, with no notable blemishes. The slipcase shows minor wear, including rubbing to the edges and corners, and a one-inch crack at the top, but remains intact and functional. Very Good. Item #57

Price: $50.00