Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, [...] opera omnia, quatuor voluminibus [...].
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1730
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3049679
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., [3] plates,tables (folding) . ports.. . fol... Binding: Nineteenth-century full armorial calf over boards; blind tools and gilt fillets to form a border; gilt armorial centrepiece stamps with Earl's coronet, probably of Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859); gilt-rolled edges and inner border; spines gilt; gilt spine title "Bacon's Works"; sewn on five raised bands; paper edges gilt
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)