ESSAYS. ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. NEW ATLANTIS.
by BACON, Sir Francis.:
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982.. LIMITED EDITION 1982. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 9 x 6 inches, portrait of Francis Bacon as frontispiece, title pages to each part copied from the original 17th century editions, 391 pages, bound in full grey leather, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt decoration to both covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers and silk marker, slight rubbing to corners and 1 corner has a small white mark, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46867
- Title
- ESSAYS. ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. NEW ATLANTIS.
- Author
- BACON, Sir Francis.:
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- new atlantis essays of Bacon advancement of learning Franklin Library seventeenth century books
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