Description
Cresset Press.- [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban, number 107 of 250 copies, printed in red & black, titles and initials by Joscelyne Gaskin, press's device on colophon, light soiling to half-title, occasional foxing, original vellum, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, a little yellowed and spotted, covers slightly splayed, folio, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for the Cresset Press, 1928.
Lot 55
Cresset Press.- [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall..., one of 250 copies, original vellum, folio, Cresset Press, 1928.
Estimate: £150 - 200
Description
Cresset Press.- [Bacon (Sir Francis)] The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban, number 107 of 250 copies, printed in red & black, titles and initials by Joscelyne Gaskin, press's device on colophon, light soiling to half-title, occasional foxing, original vellum, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, a little yellowed and spotted, covers slightly splayed, folio, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for the Cresset Press, 1928.