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BACON, Sir Francis (1561-1626). The Essayes... newly enlarged. London: John Haviland for Hanna Barret and Richard Whitaker, 1625.
4° (181 x 138mm). woodcut initials and headpieces. (Lower margin of title and outer blank margins of last two leaves very neatly repaired). Dark brown morocco gilt, g.e., gilt turn-ins, by Riviere & Son.
Twelfth (first complete) edition, first issue. This is the last edition to appear in Bacon's lifetime and contains 58 essays. STC 1147; Gibson 13; cf. Pforzheimer 30 (2nd issue).
4° (181 x 138mm). woodcut initials and headpieces. (Lower margin of title and outer blank margins of last two leaves very neatly repaired). Dark brown morocco gilt, g.e., gilt turn-ins, by Riviere & Son.
Twelfth (first complete) edition, first issue. This is the last edition to appear in Bacon's lifetime and contains 58 essays. STC 1147; Gibson 13; cf. Pforzheimer 30 (2nd issue).