The Essays,
BACON, Francis.
or counsels civil and moral and wisdom of the ancients of Francis Lord Verulam. Edited by B. Montagu Esq.
Stock Code 113735
London, William Pickering, 1836
Extra-illustrated with an engraved frontispiece to an 'R' design, and an inserted original pen sketch of cupid balanced on an anchor on a rose firing an arrow at a heart atop a haystack.
12mo (17 x 11 cm); engraved 'R' frontispiece, original pen drawing facing Q1, publisher's device to title, pencil ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper recto; diced green morocco by Hering, broad gilt-roll borders, gilt spine in 6 compartments, inner dentelles, silk endpapers, gauffered edges, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine a little faded, front free endpaper a little loose to verso, very good; [4], xxx, [2], 351, [1]pp.
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