Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
Cases of Treason.

London: Printed by the Assignes of John More and are sold by Matthew Walbancke and William Coke, 1641.

First edition, quarto, title page printed within border of typographical ornaments, woodcut printer's device (McKerrow 404); stab sewn and untrimmed, very nicely preserved in a custom chemise and slipcase, 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.

Wing B-272; Gibson 198; Pforzheimer 25.3; ESTC R16590.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.