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18261259643London: C. Baldwin 1826. First Thus. 10 Octavos; Vg- to G; brown leather spine with gilt lettering; All edges gilt; Half mottled calf and marbled boards; Some peeling at the spine joints rubbed and some cracking to some volumes at the spine; Interior clean but toned; Portrait frontispiece; GP Consign;<br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcase next to Ephemera section. 1259643. FP New Rockville Stock. C. Baldwin unknown books
1765308593London: Printed by William Bowyer for A. Millar 1765. Engraved frontispiece in vols. I-IV portrait by George Vertue in vol. I two letterpress folding charts titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Vol. III LACKING a1-2 title-page and first contents leaf. 5 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Contemporary russia covers with wide gilt floral border within an outer floral roll border spines in 6 compartments with raised bands contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two compartments the rest richly gilt with small floral tools board edges gilt marbled edges. Some slight wear spine ends. Engraved frontispiece in vols. I-IV portrait by George Vertue in vol. I two letterpress folding charts titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Vol. III LACKING a1-2 title-page and first contents leaf. 5 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches. Bowyer's ledgers show that 500 copies were printed. ESTC T88309 ; Provenance: Lyons Library bookplate Printed [by William Bowyer] for A. Millar unknown books
1819UBACWOR02AF1819. Very Good. Bacon Francis. The Works of Francis Bacon Vol X Baron of Verulam Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England. London: NP 1819. 335pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed extremities. Slightly darkened and rubbed page edges. Odd volume. unknown books
1819UBACWOR01AF1819. Very Good. Bacon Francis. The Works of Francis Bacon Vol VII Baron of Verulam Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England. London: NP 1819. 476pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed edges. Subtly rubbed and darkened page edges. Odd volume. unknown books
1819UBACWOR00AF1819. Very Good. Bacon Francis. The Works of Francis Bacon Vol IX Baron of Verulam Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England. London: NP 1819. 569pp. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with faintly rubbed and bumped extremities. Subtly rubbed and darkened page edges. Top edge slightly soiled. Tiny pencil note on last page. Odd volume. unknown books
184262791Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1842. 3 volumes. Large 8vo. cxvii 455 pp.; viii 589 pp.; xv 584 pp. Publisher's original brown blind stamped cloth with gilt stamping on spine interior with scattered foxing. Previous owner's signature on pastedown and title. Slight variations of color in binding caused by fading uncommonly good example of this period binding. <br/><br/> Carey and Hart hardcover books
184213511Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1842. Large 8vo. 3 vols. I: cxvii 455 pp. II: viii 589 pp. III: xv 584 pp. <br><br>A new edition. With a life of the author by Basil Montagu Esq." An early U.S. printing of his works. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth. Lightly soiled. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Volume one has sun bleached lines over front board due to exposed bookends. All cloth spines and faded. Cloth over the spine of volume three is torn in several places along extremities. Institutional bookplate in each volume. Water stains along the top edge of two of the volumes though not affecting text. Signature in each volume has been cut out leaving a portion of the free end-paper missing. Early pencilling in some margins and on some blank pages. Some unevenly trimmed pages. Pages cockled lightly. Carey & Hart hardcover books
18033560London: Printed for J. Johnson.by H. Bryer 1803. Near Fine. Ten octavo volumes 231 x 136 mm. Bound by Bickers for Blackwell stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper in early twentieth-century maroon scored calf. Covers ruled in gilt smooth spines ruled and lettered in gilt gilt turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt marbled endpapers edges sprinkled green. Engraved frontispiece portrait by James Fittler in Volume I. A near fine set.<br/><br/>A significant compilation of the scientific and philosophical works of one of the most influential thinkers of the 17th century. Comprising Volume I: The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon Of the Advancement of Learning Sylva Sylvarum or A Natural History in Ten Centuries Centuries I-VIII; Volume II: Sylva Sylvarum Centuries IX-X Physiological Remains Medical Remains Medical Receipts Works Moral and Theological Works; Volume III: Works Political; Volume IV: Law Tracts and Maxims of the Law; Volume V: Writings Historical and Letters; Volume VI: Letters continued and Letters Speeches Charges Advices &c.Volume VII: Instauratio magna; Volume VIII: Instaurationis magna pars II III and IV; Volume IX: Instaurationis magnae pars V Opuscula philosophica and Opera civilia et moralia; Volume X: Opera civilia et moralia continued De sapientia veterum Meditationes sacrae and Epistolae. Near Fine. Printed for J. Johnson...by H. Bryer unknown books
180343014London: J. Johnson 1803. Large octavo 10 volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine edges speckled. Frontispiece of Francis Bacon in volume one. With the early armorial bookplate of J. Lawson Whalley and the modern bookplate of Elmer Holmes Bopst namesake of New York University's Bopst Library. In very good condition. I have taken all knowledge to be my province Bacon declared He held to his course if not beyond the utmost bound of human thought at least to the uttermost edge discernible in his day and that too in every department of intellectual activity. Bacons day was perhaps the latest moment in history when anything like omniscience was within the limits of human attainment; even in his day Bacons was perhaps the only mind that could achieve it" Winterich 205-6. J. Johnson unknown books
182418854London: W. Baynes & Son 1824. 10 volumes 8vo later half red morocco gilt t.e.g. fore- and bottom edges uncut; fine bright set. With an engraved portrait of Bacon in volume I. The texts variously in English and/or Latin. <br/><br/> W. Baynes & Son unknown books
1824Embry 189658W. Baynes and Son London: 1824. Armorial bookplate to each front pastedown occasional light foxing more so to first few leaves with title page of volume one browned edges and joints scuffed and with some corners showing overall a very good and handsome set with hinges and joints solid. Nineteenth century tan calf over marbled boards with contrasting leather title and volume lables remaining compartments nicely gilt with corner and central devices within double gilt rule borders. W. Baynes and Son, London: 1824. hardcover books
1825WN45111London: William Pickering 1825. Green morocco spines and tips gilt lettering and rules with 5 raised bands. Green red and blue marbled boards and matching end papers. TEG. Spines darkened. Some minor wear on edges corners and joints and also rubbing on boards but overall very good. Stamp of G.P.Putnam's Sons in upper lift corner of ffep in each volume. An outstanding set complete in 16 volumes. Pickering Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. William Pickering Hardcover books
185265255Philadelphia: A. Hart late Carey & Hart 1852. First complete American edition of Bacon's works. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Slightly later half calf over marbled boards brown and morocco labels gilt spine. Some rubbing of binding else a very good copy. First complete American edition of Bacon's works. 3 vols. Large 8vo. A. Hart, late Carey & Hart unknown books
1826283789London: Rivington 1826. hardcover. near fine. 10 vols. 8vo 3/4 polished tan calf top edges giltornately gilt-decorated spine maroon and green leather spine labels. London: Rivington 1826. Very Good .<br/><br/> Rivington unknown books
1935104888New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1935. First edition. Hardcover. An about near fine copy in cloth binding with some fading and a few spots to the spine. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1935WRCLIT19384New York: Harper & Brothers 1935. Cloth. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Fine in very good dust jacket. With printed broadside Christmas poem laid in. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
163035769London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. 6 84 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Full marbled calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands gilt borders and compartment borders. 11 mm turn-ins with gilt single-rule borders. All edges gilt. Collation: A4-L4 M2. Page 83 misnumbered 85. Gibson 192; STC 2nd ed. 1175 = 6983. Rear board lightly scraped bookplate on front free endpaper both free endpapers toned at edges by turn-ins. Early notes and underlining damp-staining to corners of last few leaves. Else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. "The Use of the Law" was the second part of a work by Sir John Doddridge entitled "The Lawyers Light; or a Due Direction for the Study of the Law" originally published in 1629. This second part was issued anonymously with a separate title-page. It was subsequently attributed to Bacon and afterwards included as part two of Bacon's "The Elements of the Common Law." Insurance required to ship this item. Printed by the Assignes of John Moore hardcover books
1991267215New York: Knopf 1991. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated with color photographs. slim 4to blue cloth dust wrapper. New York: Knopf 1991. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
16056318London: Henrie Tomes 1605. First edition. The only work Bacon ever published in English the "Advancement of Learning" was his first statement of the scientific method as a philosophical position and of his massive plan to survey all human knowledge paving the way for the great encyclopedias of the Enlightenment. The book was published into a world that considered "learning" a matter of memorization of Aristotelian texts. "The Advancement of Learning" changed that arguing that the only knowledge of importance was that which could be discovered by observation that is 'empirical' knowledge rooted in the natural world. . Small quarto 19cm; 1 45 118 i.e. 121 leaves without the final blank and added leaves of errata at end that are present in some copies "not often found" according to Gibson. Numerous errors in foliation. In recent tan calf tooled in blind in period style by Pat M. Bruno bookbinder's ticket. Pages evenly toned with light scattered foxing especially on first and last leaves. Marginal paper repairs in last two gatherings. Pages trimmed close affecting shoulder notes. Provenance: British antiquary Francis Kilvert 1793-1863 his signature mounted along with letter of presentation from Kilvert to his contemporary antiquary James Heywood Markland bound in "Knowing your taste for literary curiosities I venture to beg your acceptance of what I believe to be the editio princeps of Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning." References: STC 2nd ed.; 1164; Gibson "Francis Bacon a bibliography" 81; Pforzheimer; 36p Norman 97. Henrie Tomes unknown books
182528152London: William Pickering 1825. 12mo. xvi 420 pp. lacking fold. table. <br><br>Good Pickering edition of Bacon's work on methodology. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Kelly Checklist of Books Published by William Pickering 1825.1; Keynes William Pickering rev. ed. p. 57. Publisher rose colored cloth. Uncut copy. Small paper shelving label at top of spine. Exsocial club library: 19th-century bookplate call number on endpaper no other markings. William Pickering hardcover books
1825007722London: William Pickering 1825. The RARE 1825 Basil Montagu edited edition in a fine contemporary binding signed Proudfoot Binder of full black crushed morocco front cover bordered by single gilt fillet central gilt tooled decoration of the Aldine Dolphin and Anchor trademark of Pickering and Basil Montagu bordered by a gilt fillet and corner emblems the rear cover the same except no central anchor back lettered in gilt marbled end papers top edge gilt with an appropriate period bookplate artist A. Wyon featuring a man writing at his desk in his library while a skeletal figure representing Death in the background plays a xylophone. The Latin inscription on the bookplate reads " stulte hac nocte repetunt animam tuam et quae parasti cuius erunt" This is part of a quotation from the Book of Luke and translates ""`Foolish man this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be". Book is Near fine light foxing throughout. . First Edition Thus. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
16291260236London: William Washington 1629. Second Edition. Hardcover. square/small 8vo 335pp.; VG; brown paneled spine with red label and gilt lettering; rebound previous boards rebacked diced with 4 diamonds; faded gilt tooling on edges; marbled endpapers; red specks on text block; binding becoming loose on first two endpapers; significant writing in pen on front and rear endpapers; some writing on text pages mostly on margins in the form of arrows; misprint on pp. 27 line 2 'pring' for 'bring; top edge trimmed no text or titles are lost; some waviness to pages; shelfwear and bumping appropriate with age; GP consignment; shelved case 7. 1260236. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Washington hardcover books
2011UBACTWI00MELHyperion 2011. Very Good. Bacon Charlotte. The Twisted Thread. New York: Hyperion 2011. 374pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Hyperion paperback books
16051998London: Printed for Henrie Tomes 1605. First edition. Fine. An exceptional Fine copy with a distinguished provenance. Quarto pgs. 183 x 140 mm: Title 1-45; 1-118; with the typical erratic page numberings. With the final blank; without the 2 leaves of errata found in a very few copies and probably of later issue. Owing to misimposition text in Dd is printed on the wrong versos two leaves in Dd slightly shorter. Contemporary limp vellum modern spine lettering; modern half brown morocco slipcase. Provenance: Ellesmere Library at Bridgewater House armorial bookplate; bulk of the library acquired en bloc in 1917 by: -- Henry E. Huntington Huntington Library duplicate stamp at end.<br/><br/>A precursor to Bacon's masterwork the Instauratio Magna this book focuses primarily on the classification of philosophy and the sciences. Implicit in the work is the use of the Baconian method that later becomes the Scientific method as more fully developed in the Instauratio. Because it was first published in English and later translated into Latin it is considered one of the earliest philosophical works in English. A foundational work of Western thought. Fine. Printed for Henrie Tomes unknown books
191962881Boston MA: Four Seas Co 1919. First edition of the author's first book. Small 8vo. 55 pp. Plates. Very good. Original blue cloth a little soiled spine title stamped in white portion of front panel of dust jacket laid in. 9695. <br/><br/> Four Seas Co hardcover books
