The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Transcribed from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge by the Rev. Mynors Bright. With Lord Braybrooke's notes. Edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley. PEPYS, Samuel.

First Wheatley edition, considered the fullest and most reliable edition of the diary until the late 20th century. It includes a final volume of Pepysiana, as well as one dedicated to an index. Among his wide range of specialities, Wheatley was an authority on the subject of indexing. 10 vols, octavo (210 x 138 mm). Engraved frontispieces, 24 plates, folding map, 3 folding family trees. Title pages in black and red. Early 20th-century blue half morocco by Morrell, spine lettered in gilt, spine and covers ruled in gilt, blue cloth sides, fantasy-patterned marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Bath Club stamp to Pepysiana, p. 83. Faint hint of sunning to spines, minor rubbing to leather, sporadic spots to contents, vol. I, p. 233 with marginal paper repair. A near-fine set.