- 29
Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- The Essaies of Sr Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Aturney Generall. His Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed. London: Printed for John Jaggard, Dwelling at the Hand and Starre Betweene the Two Temple Gates, 1613 — Sir Francis Bacon his Apologie, in Certaine Imputations Concerning the Late Earle of Esses. Written to the Right Honorable his Very Good Lord, the Earle of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. London: Printed for Mathew Lowns and are to be sold, at his Shop in Pauls Church-Yard, 1605
- ink, vellum
2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (4 3/4 x 3 in.; 121 x 76 mm). Essaies: Title within border composed of printer's ornaments, head- and tailpieces composed of printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, section title for Of the colours of Good and Euill, a Fragment, final blank P4 present; lacks initial blank, a few leaves at the beginning shaved close to the running-head, light staining in quire A. Apologie: Printer's ornament on title-page, woodcut headpiece and initial. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript title on spine.
Provenance
The Jeffrey Young Collection, Sotheby's, 14 December 1992, lot 11. acquisition: Purchased at foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
Essaies: STC 1143; ESTC S100361; Gibson 9; Pforzheimer 29. Apologie: STC 1114; ESTC S1398; Gibson 70
Condition
2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (4 3/4 x 3 in.; 121 x 76 mm). Essaies: Title within border composed of printer's ornaments, head- and tailpieces composed of printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, section title for Of the colours of Good and Euill, a Fragment, final blank P4 present; lacks initial blank, a few leaves at the beginning shaved close to the running head,l light staining in quire A. Apologie: Printer's ornament on title-page, woodcut headpiece and initial. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript title on spine.
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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
One of two counterfeit editions of the Essaies, dated 1613 and printed by John Beale, with "Attorney" spelled "Aturney" in the title, rare. Bound with the third edition, second state of Bacon's Apologie.