Memoires for my Grand-son

  • SIGNED
  • 1948
By Evelyn, John. Keynes, Geoffrey (trans)
1948. Oxford: The Nonesuch Press, 1926.

12mo, xii, 104 pp. Vellum-style paper with tooled design, gilt lettering to backstrip, marbled paper slipcase.

§ Edition of 1250 copies, this is copy #746. The first printing of a manuscript written by the diarist John Evelyn near the end of his long life, conveying his wide-ranging advice to his grandson and sole-surviving heir. Edited and introduced by Geoffrey Keynes.

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