Lot 225
Pepys, Samuel--House of Commons Journal
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST
£336
Description
from 4th February 1672 to April 13th 1675, manuscript record, ruled in red, 383 pp., folio, spine gilt, g.e., lacking covers, some light dampstaining
Footnote
Note: Pages 335 and 350 report the serious accusations against Pepys that he had an altar and a crucifix in his house, Pepys's denial, and the discovery that Lord Shaftesbury was the source of the anonymous accusations. On being asked to testify "as to the crucfix he [Lord Shaftesbury] could not remember whether it was painted or carved or in what manner the thing was, and that his memory was so very imperfect in it that if he were upon his oath he could give no testimony".