Lot 25

Bacon, Francis





Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£350
Description
Sylva sylvarum, or a natural history in ten centuries. London: W. Rawley, 1664. 4to., [ESTC R12044] engraved portrait and additional engraved title, contemporary calf with blind tooled decoration and the initials 'PC' embossed in black into covers, a few internal spots but largely very clean, a few slight marginal tears with no loss of text, slight rubbing to covers and spine, minor dampstaining to table
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire




