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Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) The Essaies of Sr Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Solliciter Generall. London: Iohn Beale, 1612. Enlarged edition, octavo, lacking first and last blanks and with portions of the title page in pen facsimile, in contemporary boards, worn, front board detached, ex libris Davenport Brown, with his bookplate, later pastedowns, 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.
A-Q8 (lacking blanks A1 and Q8; portions of title page in pen facsimile).
STC 1141.
http://estc.bl.uk/S104436
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Francis Bacon Knight, Iohn Beale, Davenport Brown, LondonJohn Dorfman
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