[PEPYS, SAMUEL]. Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, For Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688. Printed Anno MDCXC [i.e. London: B. Griffin, for S. Keble, 1690]. 8vo, 183 x 114mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2in.) contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, worn at extremities, cracks in outer joints, blue cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, apparently intended for presentation, engraved frontispiece portrait of Pepys by R. White after G. Kneller, printed folding table, title-printed in red and black. "In some copies, apparently those intended for presentation, the imprint reads [as above]. Large-paper copies of that state are known, one in original calf measures 7 1/4 x 4 3/4in. [184 x 120mm.]...This is the diarist's only acknowledged publication. Upon this he lavished a great deal of thought and care. It represents a side of Pepys's life which is apt to be ignored" -- Pforzheimer 793 (ordinary paper copy in a Riviere binding, leaves measuring 6 5/8 x 4 3/8, 168 x 111mm.); Kress 1790; Wing P1450. The E. Hubert Litchfield copy, bookplate and pencilled notes on endleaves.