Lord Bacon's essays, or counsels moral and civil. . Translated from the Latin by William Willymott, LL.D. ... In two volumes. ...
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Measurements
200 x 132 x 35 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3043879.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Sewn single fold of plain white handmade laid paper, the outer leaf pasted to the board. Structure: English? Edges: plain cut, sprinkled with red pigment, polished Spine Lining: moderate round, quadrant joints, no evidence of liningsEnd Bands: worked L-R 2x2 in cream and beige thread over rolled paper cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2.5 mm rope fibre boards, no back-cornering, slips 1, 3 and 5 of 5 only laced in, perpendicularly Covering: full brown tanned calf, outer panel finely and sparsely sprinkled with black pigment, the inner panel densely sprinkled with black pigmentTooling Spine: gold-tooled triple fillet frames to all panels, panels 1, 4, 5 and 6 with gold-tooled corner and centre flowers, lettering pieces in panels 2 and 3Tooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet border, double panel with external corner flowers and roll around central frameFurniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Earl of Morley inside front board (over an earlier bookplate); Titlepage slide only processed (17 August 2004)
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 8vo.. Old shelf-mark: Boudoir; [Library] C.2.20. Bookseller's price code on flyleaf; o/h.. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley (pasted over earlier plate). In ink on flyleaf: Boringdon.. Binding: Blind tooled, panelled, sprinkled sheep. Gold tooled spine (Saltram tools).
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) William Willymott (d.1737)