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Letters of S[i]r Francis Bacon ... written during the reign of King James the First / now collected, and augmented with several letters and memoires, address'd by him to the King and Duke of Buckingham, which were never before published ; the whole being illustrated by an historical introduction and some observations, and dispos'd according to the series of time.

Accession number
PML 37234
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Printed for Benj. Tooke ..., 1702.
Credit line
Gift; Mr. Roland L. Redmond; March 1942.
Notes
First ed. - first issue(?) with the Epistle dedicatory to William III - uncut copy (DNB LIV, p. 180).
Without the errata leaf at end.
Preface signed R.S. (i.e. Robert Stephens 1665-1732).
Description
[10], lxx, [2], 302 p. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
From the libraries of Sr. Peter Thompson with his book-plate and autograph signature dated 1732 on t.p.; G. Walter Steeves (sale 25 May 1916, no. 76), and Roland L. Redmond with his ex libris.
Binding
Quarter calf with marbled boards.
Classification
Department