Accession number
PML 37263-66
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London, A. Millar, 1740.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
Title vignettes.
Each volume has special t.-p.
Frontispiece v. I & IV Portraits of Bacon engr. by George Vertue, one dated 1728 (v. I); of vol. III port. eng. by W. Hollar dated 1670.
Vol. I has general title page with vignette. Special title page and title pages of vol. II-IV vignette engr. by H. Gravelot.
Imprint changes: Vol. III printed for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, W. Innys, A. Ward, D. Browne, C. Davis, etc., etc.
Each volume has special t.-p.
Frontispiece v. I & IV Portraits of Bacon engr. by George Vertue, one dated 1728 (v. I); of vol. III port. eng. by W. Hollar dated 1670.
Vol. I has general title page with vignette. Special title page and title pages of vol. II-IV vignette engr. by H. Gravelot.
Imprint changes: Vol. III printed for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, W. Innys, A. Ward, D. Browne, C. Davis, etc., etc.
Description
4 v. : fronts. (v. 1: port.) ; 33 cm
Provenance
From the collections of George Granville Leveson-Gower, earl Gower, first duke of Sutherland, knight of the Garter (1758-1833) his arms on covers and his ex libris, G. Walter Steeves (sale 25 May 1916, no. 10).
Binding
Sprinkled calf, gilt, with arms of the duke of Sutherland.
Classification
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