Author: Francis Bacon; Brian Vickers [editor]; Lord Quinton
Title: Essays or Counsels, CIVIL and Moral
Description: London, The Folio Society, 2002. Hardback. A very smart copy of this illustrated collection of essays from Francis Bacon, with the original slip case. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text engravings. A collection of essays from Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Titles include: of Truth, of Death, of Revenge, of Envy, of Boldness, and more. Edited with an introduction by Brian Vickers, a British academic known for his work on the history of rhetoric, Shakespeare, John Ford, and Francis Bacon. Preface by Lord Quinton, a British political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. Illustrated by Harry Brockway, a British visual artist. In the original paper covered binding. Externally, excellent with sunning to the spine as is typical. Original slip case is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Harry Brockway. Fine .

Keywords: Essays Counsels Civil Moral Counsels Brockway Vickers Harry Brockway


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