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Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount S. Alban. Published by William Rawley, Doctor of Divinity. London: Printed by J[ohn]. Haviland for Humphrey Robinson, Dwelling at the Signe of the Three Pigeons in Pauls Church-Yard, 1629
- ink, vellum
4 parts in one volume, 4to (8 1/2 x 6 in.; 216 x 152 mm). Blank A1 present as front pastedown, general title with printer's ornament within double-ruled border, title to each part within double-ruled border with woodcut flaming heart device, metalcut headpieces, decorative woodcut initials, text within rules with marginal columns for printed side-notes. Contemporary limp vellum, gilt-ruled border, central tilt arabesque, edges gilt; some staining on upper cover, small portion of lower pastedown torn away, ties perished.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 17 October 1951, lot 748 — Purchased at the foregoing sale by Halsted B. Vander Poel through Raphael King — Vander Poel's sale, Christie's London, 3 March 2004. acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
STC 1124; ESTC S100333; Gibson 191
Condition
4 parts in one volume, 4to (8 1/2 x 6 in.; 216 x 152 mm). Blank A1 present as front pastedown, general title with printer's ornament within double-ruled border, title to each part within double-ruled border with woodcut flaming heart device, metalcut headpieces, decorative woodcut initials, text within rules with marginal columns for printed side-notes. Contemporary limp vellum, gilt-ruled border, central tilt arabesque, edges gilt; some staining on upper cover, small portion of lower pastedown torn away, ties perished.
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 edition, and the first appearance in print of three of the four tracts. The preface indicates that "a corrupt and surreptitious edition" of Considerations touching a warre with Spain (STC 1126) compelled Rawley, Bacon's chaplain and literary executor, to publish a correction version of that work, together with: An Advertisement Tovching an Holy Warre. Written in the yeare 1622; An Offer to Ovr Late Soueraigne Iames, of a Digest to be made of the Lawes of England; and The History of the Reigne of King Henry the Eighth.