Accession number
PML 37216
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London, : Printed by Iohn Haviland, and are to be sold by R. Allot., 1629.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
For a discussion of this edition, Cf. Pforzheimer.
Erratum on p. 340.
Contains all 58 of the Essays.
With initials, head-pieces.
Gibson reports variants: p. 51 misnumbered 15; p. 80 misnumbered 08; p. 324 misnumbered 243. --Cf. Gibson.
Thirteenth ed. (STC 1149).
"Of the colovrs of good and euill, a fragment", 38 p. at end.
Pforzheimer Cat.I, no. 31, 13th ed. STC 1149.
First and last leaves are blank.
Alphabetical table of contents for the Essays is printed on quire (a). In some copies it is bound following p. 340 of the Essays (quire 2X).
"Of the colours of good and euill, a fragment": [40] p. at end, has a separate title page; register is continuous. Some copies may have been issued without this addition.
Signatures: A⁴, a², B-Z4, Aa-Uu[superscript]u, Xx², Yy-Zz⁴, Aaa-Ccc4; A1 and Ccc4 blanks and wanting.
Erratum on p. 340.
Contains all 58 of the Essays.
With initials, head-pieces.
Gibson reports variants: p. 51 misnumbered 15; p. 80 misnumbered 08; p. 324 misnumbered 243. --Cf. Gibson.
Thirteenth ed. (STC 1149).
"Of the colovrs of good and euill, a fragment", 38 p. at end.
Pforzheimer Cat.I, no. 31, 13th ed. STC 1149.
First and last leaves are blank.
Alphabetical table of contents for the Essays is printed on quire (a). In some copies it is bound following p. 340 of the Essays (quire 2X).
"Of the colours of good and euill, a fragment": [40] p. at end, has a separate title page; register is continuous. Some copies may have been issued without this addition.
Signatures: A⁴, a², B-Z4, Aa-Uu[superscript]u, Xx², Yy-Zz⁴, Aaa-Ccc4; A1 and Ccc4 blanks and wanting.
Description
[12], 340, [40] p. ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
"P. Roderick" on t.p.
Provenance
P/ Roderick; Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Old vellum.
Classification
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Department