BACON, Francis.

The Essays,

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

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Green morocco by Hering. A sweet copy of Francis Bacon's collected essays covering a diverse array of topics including religion, politics, economics, gardening, love, and friendship. Handsomely bound in diced green morocco by Hering.

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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Provenance: '1837 from J.B. to R.E'; '1935 G. Paston Jones'(?) (inscriptions).

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