Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral.

Bacon (Francis)

Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Brian Vickers. Preface by Lord Quinton. Engravings by Harry Brockway.

Description: FIRST EDITION THUS, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved vignettes throughout, red decorated endpapers, pp. xxv, [i], 258, tall 8vo, publisher's cream mottled boards, upper board and spine printed in black and claret, slipcase repeating endpapers, near fine

Publication Details: The Folio Society, 2002

Notes: 'His Essays may not be a reliable guide to life, but with their combination of brilliant neatness, concision and bursts of glittering imagery, they are irresistible. (Preface)

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