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On the Nature of Things (0054) — Translator, some editions — 5,957 copies, 52 reviews
The Travels of Marco Polo (1298) — Editor, some editions — 5,899 copies, 69 reviews
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (0731) — Editor, some editions — 3,965 copies, 27 reviews
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India (Penguin Great Journeys) (1300) — Translator — 165 copies, 2 reviews
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Vol. 10: Companion (1983) — some editions — 158 copies

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Vol. 1: pt.1. A-B -- pt.2 C -- pt.3 -- pt.4 -- pt.5 Vol. 2: pt.6 M -- pt.7 N -- pt.8 O -- pt.9 P-Pel -- pt. 10 Pel-Phi -- pt. 11 Phi-Pos -- pt. 12 Pos-Pro -- pt. 13 Pro-Reg -- pt. 14 -- pt. 15 Sal-Sol -- pt. 16 Sol-Syr -- pt. 17 Syr-Zwork-related
Samuel Pepys FRS . 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early show more professionalisation of the Royal Navy.[2]

The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.
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