Bacon francis

1868 · 953F64D — London: Longmans & Co; Simpkin et al. 1868-1901. Leather. Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A fine fourteen volume collection of the works of Sir Francis Bacon uniformly bound in half morocco and from the library of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A beautifully bound collection of the works of the founder of empiricism who led Elizabethan era advancements in natural philosophy and the scientific method.Alongside Bacon's literary philosophical and professional works this set includes seven volumes devoted to the life letters and correspondences of Bacon.Uniformly bound in half morocco.A mixed edition set complete in fourteen volumes. Present here are:Volume I: Philosophical Works Vol. I 1889 illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Volume II: Philosophical Works Vol. II 1887 illustrated with a frontispiece.Volume II: Philosophical Works Vol. III 1887 illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece.Volume IV: Translations of the Philosophical Works Vol. I 1901Volume V: Translations of the Philosophical Works Vol. II 1889Volume VI: Literary and Professional Works Vol. I 1890 illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Volume VII: Literary and Professional Works Vol. II 1892Volume VIII: The Letters and the Life Vol. I 1890Volume IX: The Letters and the Life Vol. II 1890Volume X: The Letters and the Life Vol. III 1868 illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Volume XI: The Letters and the Life Vol. IV 1868Volume XII: The Letters and the Life Vol. V 1869Volume XIII: The Letters and the Life Vol. VI 1872Volume XIV: The Letters and the Life Vol. VII 1874Despite the variety of publication dates among these volumes each volume bears the date 1889 in gilt to the back strip tail.With the illustrated bookplate of American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to each front pastedown. Carnegie born in Stevenson's native Scotland emigrated to America as a child and was instrumental in the expansion of the American steel industry becoming one of the richest Americans in history and a leading philanthropist in the United States Great Britain and the British Empire. During the last eighteen years of his life he gave away ninety percent of his fortune to charitable causes. In half morocco bindings with marbled paper covered boards and gilt detailing to back strips. A touch of fading to back strips otherwise externally fine. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine Longmans & Co; Simpkin, et al. hardcover