first edition
1847 · London
by Evelyn, John
London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition, small 8vo, pp. xviii, 265-[266]; engraved frontispiece portrait, title page with Pickering device, title page and text throughout within ruled borders; a very good copy in 3/4 black morocco and marbled paper-covered boards by Riviere, elaborately gilt spine with raised bands, minor wear to extremities, offsetting of portrait to title-page through guard. Evelyn's eulogistic memoir of his dear friend and prayer partner, Margaret Godolphin (née Blagge), printed from the manuscript retained by Evelyn's family after his death. Keynes, p. 65.
(Inventory #: 20848)