- 27
Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Essaies. Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed. London: Printed [by William Jaggard] for John Jaggard, Dwelling in Fleete-Streete at the Hand and Starre Neere Temple Barre, 1612
- ink, paper
8vo (4 3/4 X 3 1/4 in.; 121 x 83 mm). Woodcut headpiece and ornament on title-page and section title for Of the Colours of good and euill, a fragment, woodcut head– and tailpieces, initials, printer's ornaments, section G7,8 cancelled. Nineteenth-century blue morocco dentelle binding, inside dentelles gilt, smooth spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt; 3 visible ringlets on upper cover, one on lower cover.
Provenance
Henry Huth (morocco label; Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1911, lot 389). acquisition: Seven Gables, 1962
Literature
STC 1141.5; ESTC S100353; Gibson 7. See also Pforzheimer 28 (Beale's 1612 edition)
Condition
8vo (4 3/4 X 3 1/4 in.; 121 x 83 mm). Woodcut headpiece and ornament on title-page and section title for Of the Colours of good and euill, a fragment, woodcut head– and tailpieces, initials, printer's ornaments, section G7,8 cancelled. Nineteenth-century blue morocco dentelle binding, inside dentelles gilt, smooth spine lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt; 3 visible ringlets on upper cover, one on lower cover.
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 Huth copy. This edition has leaves G7,8 cancelled and quires H–O substituted, reprinting the new essays contained in John Beale's 1612 edition (STC 1141). Rare, no copy has appeared at auction in more than five decades.