Bacon's essays: with annotation by Richard Whately.
London.
Longman, Green, and Co., 1892.
New edition.
8vo.
xxiv, 620pp. Contemporary Harrow School prize binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, scattered foxing.
A handsome copy of the revised edition of Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin Richard Whately's (1787-1863) scholarly edition of philosopher Francis Bacon's (1561-1626) Essays (1597).
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref: 26198
