The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane. : To the King
Item Description
Call number
STC 1166 copy 10
Catalog link
Creator
Author: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Created/published
Oxford : Printed by I. L[ichfield] printer to the Vniversity, for Thomas Huggins, 1633
Place of creation
Date
1633
Note(s)
Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 1166
Reference citation note: Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 83
Reference citation note: Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p.164
Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S100514
Extent
(4to)
Associated name(s)
Former owner: Smedley, William T. 1851-1934, (William Thomas)
Genre/form(s)
Bindings features
General binding description: Mid 17th century English armorial binding with the coat of arms of Baron Charles Stanhope.
Binding dimensions: 184 x 133 x 21 mm
Binding materials: Brown goatskin.
Bindings technique: Sewn on three recessed alum tawed supports.
Headbands: Blue and white linen thread with a front bead over a reed core.
Edges: Gilt on all three edges.
Endpapers: Recycled printers' waste used as flyleaf and paste-down.
Closures: Evidence of two yellow fore-edge ties.
Country of binding: England
Date of binding: 17th century (mid)
Provenance: Signatures of James Dickson; Jam: Dickson; Mary Butterfield; John Ball; MS. notes by Charles Stanhope, Baron Stanhope; Stanhope's crest on covers.
Rights
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