Lot 67
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, 1625.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, title within double-ruled border with printer's ornament, woodcut initials and decorations, text within ruled border with blank marginal column for side-notes, lacking initial blank leaf, some offsetting to endpapers, scattered spotting and surface soiling, some staining and browning, modern red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e., [ESTC S124226; Gibson 13 (see also notes in Gibson 14); Pforzheimer 30 (note)], 4to, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker, 1625.
⁂ First complete edition and the last of Bacon's books published during his lifetime.
Description
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, title within double-ruled border with printer's ornament, woodcut initials and decorations, text within ruled border with blank marginal column for side-notes, lacking initial blank leaf, some offsetting to endpapers, scattered spotting and surface soiling, some staining and browning, modern red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e., [ESTC S124226; Gibson 13 (see also notes in Gibson 14); Pforzheimer 30 (note)], 4to, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker, 1625.
⁂ First complete edition and the last of Bacon's books published during his lifetime.
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