The Essays of Bacon.
London: Humphreys, 1907. Rubricated title. 323 pages, 12mo, untrimmed, top edge gilt. Full black crushed morocco, ornately gilt spine and covers. London: Humphreys. Near fine. Early ownership name on fly-leaf. More
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Essays [Counsels Civil and Moral]: Advancement of Learning, and New Atlantis
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Facsimile title page from first complete edition of Bacon's essays. 391 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped gray leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More
Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings
New York: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1968. 20 tipped-in color plates (plates 10 and 18 are each three panels). Introductory essay by Lawrence Gowing. 66 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers, printed mylar dust wrapper (torn on rear cover; edges curled). New York: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, 1968. A very good(-) copy. More
Summi Angliae Cancellarii, Novum Organum Scientiarum
Venitiis: Girardi, 1762. 8vo, old vellum, spine labels torn & rubbed. Venetiis: Girardi, 1762. First Venetian Edition. Old library stamp on p.99, otherwise clean, with only minimal light foxing. More
The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall.
New York: Heritage, 1944. Decorated initials throughout. 190 pages. Slim 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards, dust wrapper slipcase (sturdy but worn on spine). New York: The Heritage Press, 1944. A fine copy, complete with original onionskin wrapper. More
The Essayes; or Counsels Civil & Morall.
Norwalk: Easton, 1980. Frontispiece portrait. 190pp. Short slim 4to, gilt-stamped brown leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1980). Small whitish stain on cover, otherwise fine. More
Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall History in Ten Centuries.
London: 1631. Together with: New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished. Written by Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley. Lacks the main title page, but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. The engraved portrait of Bacon is mounted inside the front cover. [14], 218, [22]; [4], 43pp. 4to, old boards (well-rubbed and soiled; lacking spine but still firmly sewn). London: Printed by W. Lee, 1631. Possibly the 3rd edition. There is an..... More
Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall History in Ten Centuries.
London: John Haviland, 1639. Together with: New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished. Written by Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley. Lacks frontispiece & blank fly-leaves, but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. [14], 218, 4to, old leathers (well-rubbed , joints starting but still firmly sewn; internally clean). London: John Haviland for William Lee, 1639. Fifth edition. Un-dated divisional title page for New Atlantis. The "Sylva Sylvarum" is a collection of Bacon's..... More
Sylva Sylvarum, Sive Historia naturalis...a Francisco Bacono. Latio transscripta a Iabobo Grutero.
Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Thick 16mo, old leather; professionally re-backed to match, red leather spine label. Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Very good. Old stamp on title page. Very good copy of the first Latin edition (printed the same year by Elzevir). More
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