The [Essays of Sir Francis Bacon]. The Essayes, or Counsels Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944.
One of 1,100 numbered copies signed by the designer. This being copy no. 269.
Small folio. 204 pp. Publisher's quarter turquoise buckram over paper boards, elaborately decorated in green and gold, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, decorated chapter initials, some pages unopened. A fine copy with fine original matching fall-down-back-box case.
Newman & Wiche, 157.
ID:
3929
$
150