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Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Essaies. Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed. London: Printed [by John Windet] for Humfrey Hooper and are to bee solde at the Blacke Beare in Chauncery Lane, 1598 — Apophthegmes New and Old. London: Printed [by John Haviland] for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, and are to be sold at the Kings Head in Pauls Church-Yard, 1625
- ink, paper
Two works bound in one, each with different formats. Essaies: 12mo; Apophthegmes: 8vo, both (5 x 2 3/4 in.; 127 x 70 mm), woodcut headpiece and printer's ornaments on title-page of Essaies and section title for Of the Colours, good and euill, a fragment, woodcut initials, some faint contemporary annotations; title-page strengthened along inner margin, minor loss to lower corner of C1 not affecting text. Apophthegmes: Title within double-ruled border, text within ruled border with marginal column for side-notes; light foxing and browning. Modern full polished calf paneled gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spine, plain endpapers and edges.
Provenance
Jonathan Brundett, Esq. (presentation inscriptions) — The Incorporated Law Society (Essaies: library stamps on verso of front free endpaper, title-page [recto and verso], E4v; Apophthegmes: on verso of title-page, B1r, X2v. Withdrawal stamp and ticket on lower pastedown with date stamp 22 April 1952) — Sotheby's London, 12 December 2012, lot 2. acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Maggs Brothers
Literature
Essaies: STC 1138; ESTC S122382; Gibson 3. Apophthegmes: STC 1115; ESTC S113684; Gibson 157
Condition
Two works bound in one, each with different formats. Essaies: 12mo; Apophthegmes: 8vo, both (5 x 2 3/4 in.; 127 x 70 mm), woodcut headpiece and printer's ornaments on title-page of Essaies and section title for Of the Colours, good and euill, a fragment, woodcut initials, some faint contemporary annotations; title-page strengthened along inner margin, minor loss to lower corner of C1 not affecting text. Apophthegmes: Title within double-ruled border, text within ruled border with marginal column for side-notes; light foxing and browning. Modern full polished calf paneled gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spine, plain endpapers and edges.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The third edition of the Essaies, and the second in 12mo format. Rare, no other copy of this edition has appeared at auction, save for the present copy; and only three copies of this, the first edition, of Apophthegmes have sold at auction since 1967.