The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients By Francis Lord Verulam
by Bacon, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Amherst,, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: William Pickering, 1852. 349pp., maroon leather binding, all edge gilt. Edited by BV. Montagu. Light wear, joints neatly repaired but fragile. Private bookplate of William Allen Jenner and a Harvard College Alumni bookplate signed by Raymundo Egerton and Jacobus Walker, hand dated 1853. Scan on request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Valley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062299
- Title
- The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients By Francis Lord Verulam
- Author
- Bacon, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- William Pickering
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- ESSAYS PHILOSOPHY LEATHER BINDINGS BELLE LETTRES
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About the Seller
Valley Books
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Amherst,, Massachusetts
About Valley Books
After 34 years selling used and old books in downtown Amherst, we are now an online only seller as of July 2009. We have approximately 12,500 titles in most subjects and all our inventory is listed online. Our specialties include scholarly books in political science, social science, philosophy, science and natural history, poetry, European history, Asian and Far Eastern history, Asian and American art and Literary Criticism, as well as several other subjects, scholarly, antiquarian and collectible.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...