The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam
BACON, Francis
[Introduction by Oliphant Smeaton.]
BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN EARLY LEATHERETTE BINDING
Published: Dent, [1909]
Stock code: 43121
Price: £26.00
8vo., with decorative title and pictorial endpapers; early series binding of maroon full leatherette, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, radial corners, ribbon marker, backstrip chipped at tail else a very good, bright, clean copy.
The most elaborate of the four original binding styles, full leatherette was introduced at the commencement of the series and discontinued around 1919 (see Seymour pp.103). Due to the delicate nature of the material, really bright, crisp copies are now genuinely elusive. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 10; Seymour 46.0.