The Life of Thomas More.
New York: Doubleday, 1998. Illustrated. x + 447pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; upper front corner slightly dented. New York: Doubleday, (1998). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Doubleday, 1998. Illustrated. x + 447pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; upper front corner slightly dented. New York: Doubleday, (1998). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1969). More
Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1764. 2 volumes in one, with separate pagination. 192, [2]; 117 pages. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary red calf with ornate gilt borders; spine sunned and leather chipped at foot. Paris: Chez Panckoucke, no date (circa 1765). An early edition of Beaurieu's most successful work -- an educational novel describing a return to nature. "This novel is modeled closely on Rousseau's Emile (1762), so much so that some later editions were attributed to Rousseau himself. Rousseau had..... More
Chinard, 1950. With Introduction and notes by Gilbert Chinard. 335 pages. Small 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards; a few minor spots of wear, corners, foot of spine. N.P.: Gilbert Chinard, 1950. A near fine copy. More
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