BACON, Francis. The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. London: W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622.

BACON, Francis. The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. London: W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622.

2^o (283 x 180 mm). Engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne (laid down, with 1 x 1.5 in. portion of upper right corner excised), title within elaborate woodcut border (some mostly marginal browning). Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners repaired). Provenance: Nicholas Strey (early signature); Isaac Hull Platt (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of Bacon's influential biography with the spelling "souldires" on page 3, line 12 and all 7 errata uncorrected. Gibson 116a; STC 1159.