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Bacon, Sir Francis (1561-1626) The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh.
London: Printed by R[obert] Y[oung] and R[ichard] H[odgkinson], and are to be sold by R. Meighen, 1641.
Third edition, small folio, engraved portrait of Bacon at his desk, writing with a quill and wearing his distinctive hat by William Marshall dated 1640 bound opposite the title; title page printed within an elaborate woodcut compartment with columns festooned with grapes; bound in nicely preserved contemporary tan calf, lightly speckled and ruled in blind, front joint starting slightly, unsophisticated and generally well preserved; frontis and title toned, 11 x 6 3/4 in.
