Robert Southey's copy.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes
Robert Southey's copy.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or, Counsels Civill and Morall, title within typographic border, lacking initial license leaf and final blank, Bb2 holed with loss of headline and ruled border, Bb7 cropped along ruled border at edge just touching a couple of letters of text, title soiled and slightly frayed, some water-staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed, [STC 1151; Gibson 17], 4to in 8's, Printed by John Beale, 1639.
⁂ Provenance: Robert Southey (ink inscription dated 'Bristol 1802' on front pastedown and his trimmed wood-engraved bookplate by Thomas Bewick to title verso); James White (ink inscription dated 1760 on F6); Richard Bagley (bookplate on rear pastedown).
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Robert Southey's copy.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essayes or, Counsels Civill and Morall, title within typographic border, lacking initial license leaf and final blank, Bb2 holed with loss of headline and ruled border, Bb7 cropped along ruled border at edge just touching a couple of letters of text, title soiled and slightly frayed, some water-staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed, [STC 1151; Gibson 17], 4to in 8's, Printed by John Beale, 1639.
⁂ Provenance: Robert Southey (ink inscription dated 'Bristol 1802' on front pastedown and his trimmed wood-engraved bookplate by Thomas Bewick to title verso); James White (ink inscription dated 1760 on F6); Richard Bagley (bookplate on rear pastedown).
