Bacon, Sir Francis

12mo (5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.; 133 x 70 mm).  Woodcut headpiece and ornament on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, printer's ornaments, text within rules; lacks blank A1. Bound with: [Lazarillo de Tormes]. La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y aduersidades. [Antwerp]: En la oficina Plantiniana, 1602 . Plantin's woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials; light browning.  Contemporary stiff vellum triple-filleted gilt, center gilt arabesque lozenge, manuscript titling on spine; short split to upper joint near head of spine, some age-darkening, ties perished.

acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1992

STC 1127; ESTC S101690; Gibson 85. Lazarillo de Tormes: Goldsmith L–62; Palau VII:133402

12mo (5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.; 133 x 70 mm). Woodcut headpiece and ornament on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, printer's ornaments, text within rules; lacks blank A1. Bound with: [Lazarillo de Tormes]. La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y aduersidades. [Antwerp]: En la oficina Plantiniana, 1602 . Plantin's woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials; light browning. Contemporary stiff vellum triple-filleted gilt, center gilt arabesque lozenge, manuscript titling on spine; short split to upper joint near head of spine, some age-darkening, ties perished.
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First edition.