The Essays of Francis Bacon
Tolz: Bremer Presse, 1920. Vellum. Very Good. Item #42479
4to. 242, [4]- table, [1], colophon, [4] blanks. Full vellum with gilt outline borders to boards and compartments, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Endpapers and title-page foxed, with scattered light foxing throughout. Stamped Bremer Binderel. F. TH. at base of rear pastedown. The binding is tight and solid, a nice clean copy. Housed in the original box? Box constructed of wood, nailed together and covered in floral moire like paper, perhaps wallpaper? The nails are loose, the box is fragile but in one piece, the edges are worn and some of the paper chipped away. Printed by Johannes Hoops at The Bremer Presse in an edition of 270 copies, this is no. 109.
Price (CAD): $925.00