Essays
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1857
Materials
Place of origin
England
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Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3166950
Summary
Bibliographic description
xx, 550 p.. 23 cm. Two part title pages (pts. 1-2) bound in at end. Publishers’ advertisements (7, [1]; 8 p.) bound in at end. Loosely inserted: Notes on the English course, for the use of students at 19 & 21, Lexham Gardens. Bacon. London: Harrison and sons, 1882 (12 p.) Provenance: Inscription on front pastedown: C. Chute. Ball [Balliol] College [i.e. presumably Chaloner William Chute (1838-1892)]. Bookseller’s label: Slatter and Rose, Oxford. Pencil price note on flyleaf: 10/6. Ink underlinings and annotations in text, and extensive ms. additions and alterations to index. Binding: Nineteenth-century full grained cloth over boards; blind-tooled border and centrepiece stamp; gilt spine title; apparently as issued.
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) Richard Whately (1787 - 1863), Archbishop of Dublin