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Essays of Sir Francis Bacon 1696

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Title: The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral, of Sir Francis Bacon...With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse on the Wisdom of the Ancients.
Author: Bacon, Francis
Description: [viii], 167, [2]; [6], [1] blank, 21; [1] blank, [9], 1, 17-123, [1], [5] pp. (8vo) 7¼x4½, later full mottled calf, gilt spine decorations, morocco title label, all edges gilt. An attractive 17th century edition of Bacon's timeless essays. With the bookplate of J. Roy W. Barrette. Wing B295.
Place Published: London
Publisher Name: J. Newton
Date Published: 1696

Minor wear to joints and edges; else very good.

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