"Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, to which is subjoined the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterward Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne", complete 4 volume set, full leather, titled in gilt and with marbled inside boards, "A new edition, in four volumes." Minor rubbing and marks to boards, wear to spines, but generally clean text and tight bindings, volume 2 includes a fold-out geneological chart at end. Published by Henry Colburn & Co in 1857. Volume I, 429 pages, with frontispiece of John Evelyn, a second plate depicts the Evelyn family estate at Wotton in Surrey. Volume II, 396 pages. With frontispiece of Mary, John Evelyn’s wife; and (in the back) a fold out pedigree chart of the Evelyn lineage. Volume III 399 pages . Volume IV, 448 pages. John Evelyn (1620-1706) was an English author and diarist. Evelyn’s diary (which covers the years 1641-1705/06) is considered a valuable primary resource for the period of the English Civil War through the Restoration. In 1818 William Bray published Evelyn’s diary for the first time accompanied by a selection of his letters