The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England. A New Edition By Basil Montagu, Esq. Sixteen Volumes in Seventeen Books [Complete]
by Bacon, Francis. Lord Chancellor of England. [Lord Varulam]. Basil Montagu
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1825. Complete set of sixteen volumes bound into seventeen books, the final volume being divided into two separate bindings. Full British tan calf leather with dual spine labels in brown, slighlty raised spine bands decorated in gilt, all edges speckled red, frontis engraving in volumes I, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, folding facimile document in volume IX, books about 8.75 inches tall. Very well kept set with only light wear to extremities, some crackles to spine labels (stabilized) and a tiny chip to one label, good hinges, firm text blocks, folding plate, frontis engravings and adjacent title pages foxed, pages clean, small name stamp to upper corner inside each cover, no other names or markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044993
- Title
- The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England. A New Edition By Basil Montagu, Esq. Sixteen Volumes in Seventeen Books [Complete]
- Author
- Bacon, Francis. Lord Chancellor of England. [Lord Varulam]. Basil Montagu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY NATURAL HISTORY SCIENTIFIC HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature; Philosophy, Theology, Religion, Spirituality; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Plate
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- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
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