At long last I managed to get to the Pepys Library at Magdelene College in Cambridge to view the Samuel Pepys Diary (39).
This I last attempted in March but the car broke down.
No photography was allowed in the room.
One diary volume was open documented Sam's visit to the Royal Society.
The other 5 volumes are hidden amongst books in original bookcases made in a Navy workshop for Mr Pepys. The curator siad he was not allowed to say where they are for insurance reasons - but if you look you will have seen them as they are unlabelled.
The library was amazing - books going back to the Middle Ages - all beautifully bound in leather.
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