THE ESSAYES OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON, BARON OF VERULAM VISCOUNT SAINT ALBAN
by BACON, FRANCIS
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. AEG. Covers and spine decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written:. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. First published in 1597. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English statesman and philosopher. He served as Lord Chancellor of England and provided a strong influence in the scientific revolution. 190pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal 32mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014890
- Title
- THE ESSAYES OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON, BARON OF VERULAM VISCOUNT SAINT ALBAN
- Author
- BACON, FRANCIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- Royal 32mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, English History, Francis Bacon, Fine Binding
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...