A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT BOOKCASE CIRCA 1690, IN THE PEPYSIAN TASTE 203cm high, 117cm wide, 40cm deep This bookcase is similar in form to the 'Pepys Bookcase' first made by the Master Joiner Thomas Simpson (alias Sympson the Joiner) for the naval administrator and diarist Samuel Pepys to house his vast collection of books at his residence at Seething Lane, London. It is possible that Pepys himself had a hand in the design of the original bookcase.