Title: Samuel Pepys and His Books
Description: 'Multitude of books' : patterns of reading in Peyps's diary -- Books, education, and self-advancement -- Pepys and news networks in Restoration London -- Reading history in the Restoration -- 'Books of pleasure' : plays, romances, and novels -- Buying books in Restoration London -- Books, manuscripts, gifts : scholarly and international networks -- 'Notes from discourses touching relition' : religious and scientific enquiry -- Libraries and closets : the uses of a book collection.

Uses Pepys's surviving papers to examine reading practices, book collecting, and the exchange of information in the late 17th century.
Subjects: Books and reading, history, English literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Great britain, intellectual life, Pepys, samuel, 1633-1703, Great britain, history, restoration, 1660-1688, Books and reading, History, English literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life