[Rarebooks] FS: Miniature book of Pepys' "The Great Fire of London"

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(MINIATURE BOOKS) Pepys, Samuel. THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 1666. Six Days of the Conflagration From the Diary of Samuel Pepys. (Berkeley, CA): Poole Press. 1985. 24mo. (2-7/8" x 2-1/8"). (2),vi,50,(2)pp. Title printed in red & black. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece of Pepys, 2 double-page woodcuts of London, and a tipped in one pence postage stamp of St. Helena, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the fire. Edition limited to 30 specially bound numbered copies (total printing of 100), designed, printed and handbound by Maryline Poole Adams, and signed by her on the limitation leaf. Full polished red calf, gilt, blind stamped decoration on front cover. Housed in red calf and marbled paper slipcase. Fine.	$375.00 (trade discount allowed)


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