BACON, BACON’S ESSAYS, 1884, Fine Binding, Prize Calf, Gilt Spine, Marbled Edges

Francis Bacon; edited by Edwin A. Abbott. Bacon’s Essays with Introduction, Notes, and Index, Vol. I, sixth edition. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. Small octavo. Full polished calf with gilt school supralibros on the front board, spine richly gilt with green morocco lettering piece, and marbled edges.

Sound used copy; rubbed along joints and board perimeters; light scuffs and minor soiling to calf covers; faint foxing marks on preliminary leaves.