Bacon's Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1864.
Sixth Edition.
Sixth Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
Riviere Binding. Full tree calf, gilt dentelles to edges of both sides of boards and gilt to outer edges of boards as well, raised bands, elaborate gilt decoration to bands and spine compartments, marbled endpapers and marbling to edges of leaves.
A selection of Bacon’s thought-provoking discourses on a range of subjects – among them truth, death, revenge, envy, atheism, wisdom, friendship, ambition, youth, anger, etc. - with Richard Whately’s annotations and further ruminations. The essays were originally published and revised in three editions between 1597 and 1625.
Item #900955Octavo, 5-5/8 x 8-3/4”, full tree calf, xxiv, 620pp, preface, index to the essays, general index.
Light wear to edges of boards, foxing to preliminary and final leaves, small discreet bookplate first paste-down endpaper, ink owner’s inscription (dated 1880) title-page. Internally clean, tight, very good.
Price: $200.00