extracted from the Diary of Samuel Pepys Esq., M.A., F.R.S., transcribed by Bro. Todhunter, Play- wright to ye Sette.
Minutes of Ye 177th Meeting of Ye Set of Odde Volumes extracted from the Diary of Samuel Pepys Esq., M.A., F.R.S., transcribed by Bro. Todhunter, Play- wright to ye Sette.
Ashendene Press, 1896.
First edition. No 10 of 37 copies reserved for the friends of St John Hornby, from a total edition of 154 copies. Original grey yap edged wrappers printed in red. A very good copy, wrappers a little spotted with some creasing and short closed tears to the yap edges and a little wear at the head of the spine.
Catherine Hornby is credited in the limitation of this early little Ashendene Press volume, as helping with production,
"...Bro. Hornby, the Chapman, who did imprint them with the help of his brother and two sisters upon his private Press at Ashendene..."
PROVENANCE: Catherine Gwendoline Hornby (1871-1956), sister of Charles St. John Hornby, founder of the Ashendene Press.
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