Bacon, Francis. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England.. A. Millar, London, 1753.

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Description: 3 vols. Folio. Pp xxxv, (8), 762; viii, 614, (53 index); xx, 750, (38 index). Half title page to vol 1. 3 engraved frontispieces. Full coeval calf, worn with all boards holding on their cords. Internally clean and tight. Extra postage at cost will be required.

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Bacon, Francis. The Works Of Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, And Lord High Chancellor Of England, In Three Volumes. To Which Is Prefixed, A Life Of The Author, By Mr. Mallet.. D. Midwinter, W. Innys, D. Browne, C. Davis, J. And R. Tonson, A. Millar, And J. Ward, London, 1753.

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Description: Xxxv, [V],762; Viii, [Ii], 614, [Liii]; Xx, 750. [Xxxviii, With Errata At Bottom Of Last Page]. Three Volumes. Full Calf, 6 Bands, Red And Black Morocco Spine Labels. A Revision And Enlargement Of The 1740 "Works". Gilt Rules On Boards. Very Elaborate Engraved Bookplates Of Assheton Curzon / Hagley Farm; Later Interesting But Pseudo-Armorial Bookplates Of Claire Allen. No Marks. Bindings Worn, Fraying At Corners Chipping To Spine Ends, Joints Cracked But Holding Well By Cords. Page Block Square, Retaining Binders Polish To Edges Of Page Block. Pages Clean, In Excellent State, Light Foxing To Some Pages Of Volume Ii But Almost Entirely Confined To The Lower Margin Beneath The Printed Area. Shipping At Higher Than Stated Standard Rate.

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Bacon, Francis. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in Three Volumes, to Which is Prefixed, A Life Of the Author, by Mr. Mallet. London : Printed for A. Millar, 1753.

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Description: 3 volume set. Folios. 38 cm. Contemporary full leather binding. Spine rebacked and restored. 6 raised bands. Gilt flourish. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Unmarked pages. Minor marginal dampstain to bottom corner edges, doesn't invade text. See our pictures. Titles in red and black. Portrait of Bacon. Lowndes 93.

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BACON, Francis; MALLET, David (editor). The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. To which is prefixed a life of the author, by Mr. Mallet. Millar, London, 1753.

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Condition: Fine

Description: 3 volumes, thick folios, copper engraved frontispieces, some light scatterd foxing, all edges gilt, rubricated titles. handsomely rebound in 1/2 brown crushed morocco, red morocco titles on ornately gilt spines, marbled boards. London: Millar, 1753. A beautiful near fine set.

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BACON, Francis; MALLET, David (editor).. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. To which is prefixed a life of the author, by Mr. Mallet.. London Printed for A. Millar in the Strand et al, 1753.

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Description: Second edition; 3 vols, folio (37 x 24 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown and blindstamp to front free endpaper and title of each vol., MS library mark in pen to rear endpaper vol. I, engraved frontispieces by Vertue, vignette titles in red and black; contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, gilt spine in 7 compartments, raised bands, tan title-pieces to 2nd, numbered in gilt direct to 3rd compartment, lozenge library labels to head and tails of spines, joints cracked but holding, occasional light spotting, otherwise a very handsome set; [12], xxxv, [3], 762; viii, [4], 614, [54]; xx, 750, [38]pp. A beautifully bound set of The Works of Francis Bacon edited by the poet David Mallet (d.1765), with an introductory life of the Elizabethan statesman and philosopher by the editor, which was admired by Fielding for its 'nervous manly style', and Gibbon who praised Mallet's 'vigorous sense' as a historian. 'Vivid character sketches and spirited narrative make the Life of Bacon the most readable of Mallet's writings and induce regret that he could not or would not complete his life of Marlborough' (ODNB). ESTC T89046; cf.Gibson 256.

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