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London: MacMillan and Co. 1926. First thus. Illustrated by Thomas MacKenzie. First thus. Special limited edit ion, printed on hand made paper, limited to 525 copies and signed by Stephens. 228pp, with 12 full color plates, with captions on opposite page, plus decorative headings and tailpieces. Original quarter vellum and blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Deckle d edges with some browning to edges, plus small amount of age ton ing on occasional pages. Otherwise a fine copy; toning to end pap ers; light damp-stain to front end papers not affecting text beyo nd; light discoloration at bottom of spine. Internally clean, tig ht, and essentially flawless. In good paper d/w with several edge nicks and damp-stain upper front right and across lower back thi rd; not affecting the book itself. .

London: Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley. Poor. 1638. 1st ed in English. 16mo, First edition in English, unauthorized, preceding the autho rized English translation by two months, the imprimatur leaf bein g dated Sept 30 instead of December 19. [xiv]*, 323pp +[blank]. T he text is a portion of Part III of Bacon's great work, the Insta uratio Magna, a translation of Historia vitae et mortis. This is the last part of the Instauratio Magna published in English in Ba con's lifetime. With the engraved bookplate of Algernon Cappell, 2d Earl of Essex, dated 1701. Cappell held the office of Gentlem an of the Bedchamber to King William III between 1691 and 1702. H e was Colonel of the 4th Dragoons between 1693 and 1710 and in 17 08 was made a Privy Counselor by Queen Anne. . ood/Poor. Interior is good+ making this an excellent candidate fo r rebinding; a tight copy with very lightly toned pages and only occasional light foxing; half-title page is closely trimmed at b ottom, a 3mm burn hole… Read More