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Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description
- The Essayes or Couvnsells, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Newly Enlarged. London: Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, and are to be sold at the Signe of the Kings Head in Pauls Church-Yard, 1625
- ink, vellum
4to (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.; 191 x 146 mm). Title within double-ruled border with printer's ornament, woodcut and metalcut headpieces and decorative initials, text within ruled border with blank marginal column for side-notes; quires 2S–2X dog-eared, marginal fraying to final leaf, stubs of four leaves (evidently not cancels) between quires I and K. Contemporary limp vellum, author's name in manuscript on spine; soiling to upper cover, front endpapers dust-soiled and frayed, lower endpapers creased and slightly frayed. Half green morocco folding-case.
Provenance
J. Clyffe (signature on title-page in upper right corner) — Edward Clyffe (contemporary signature "Edw. Clyffe" on title-page near ornament) — (one signature in upper right of front pastedown recto crossed out and obscured) — T. Warton, Trinity College, Oxford (signature below former dated 1744) — T. Hall, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (signature below Warton's "T. Hall C.C.C. Oxon. | 1745"). acquisition: Seven Gables, 1963
Literature
STC 1147; ESTC S100362; Gibson 13 (see also notes in Gibson 14); Pforzheimer 30 (note)
Condition
4to (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.; 191 x 146 mm). Title within double-ruled border with printer's ornament, woodcut and metalcut headpieces and decorative initials, text within ruled border with blank marginal column for side-notes; quires 2S2X dog-eared, marginal fraying to final leaf, stubs of four leaves (evidently not cancels) between quires I and K. Contemporary limp vellum, author's name in manuscript on spine; soiling to upper cover, front endpapers dust-soiled and frayed, lower endpapers creased and slightly frayed. Half green morocco folding case.
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
First complete edition, first issue, and the last to appear in Bacon's lifetime. It contains fifty-eight essays and is the text most commonly used for modern editions. "For this reason the present edition ranks in importance with the first of 1597 and the recension published by John Beale in 1612" (Pforzheimer).