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BACON, Francis.
Original Letters and Memoirs,
Written By the Lord Chancellor Bacon, During the Reign of King James I. Many addrest to the King, the Duke of Buckingham, and other eminent Persons. Corrected and published with Remarks By Robert Stephens, Esq; Late Historiographer Royal. To which is prefixed A Large Historical Introduction. The Second Edition.
Publisher: London, for Olive Payne; And sold by John Brindley, 1736
Stock code: 29731
Price: £250 Currency Conversion
Stephens's edition was first published in 1702, with a supplement including Bacon papers found in the collections of his cousin Robert Harley, later earl of Oxford, published by his Stephens's widow in 1734.
Small quarto (204 × 155 mm). Contemporary calf, double gilt rules, red sprinkled edges, rebacked to style with red morocco label gilt. Portrait frontispiece, folded at foot to preserve engraved area. Title in red and black. Boards rubbed, corners worn, first page of preface dust-soiled at upper margin, generally very good, the paper strong and clean.
