Conduct of the Understanding, and Essays, Moral, Economical & Political
by Bacon, Locke and
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/GD/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "MINIATURE (13 x 7 cms.) LEATHER BOUND VOLUME, HARD TO FIND." SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint.* Impression: 1st.?* Date of Publication: 1825 * Publisher: T. Davison of Whitechapel, for Thomas Tegg many other subscribers.* Binding and cover condition: Greenish black leather, gilt title & design to spine and blind stamped frame and logo to face. Gilt tooling to insides of boards. Slight rubs to top and bottom edges and corners. Front spine hinge heavily rubbed. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Canary yellow end papers. Neat signature to title page. Text block clean, crisp, tight and bright, with a few light fox marks to a several pages, otherwise no visible faults. All edges brightly gilt. VG* Illustrations: One b/w tissue guarded portrait print to frontis and line drawn etching to title page.* Pages: 262 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: The title page reads as follows :- The Conduct of the Understanding by ~ John Locke, Esq. Essays, Moral. Economical, and Political. By Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England. With sketches of the lives of Locke and Bacon.* A NEAR VG copy with some considerable wear to boards reducing it to GD. No dust jacket.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 757
- Title
- Conduct of the Understanding, and Essays, Moral, Economical & Political
- Author
- Bacon, Locke and
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/GD/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- T.Davison, Whitefriars for Thomas Tegg and many others.
- Place of Publication
- London UK 262
- Date Published
- 1825-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Hinge
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- VG
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- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- Crisp
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