[Fine Binding | Ellen G. Woolrich] Bacon's Essays Fine Bindings Bound in Japan vellum with

Bound in Japan vellum with gilt lettering to spine and front cover

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[Fine Binding | Ellen G. Woolrich] Bacon's Essays Fine Bindings Bound in Japan vellum withBacon, Francis. Bacon [The Essays of Bacon]. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. Contemporary Arts and Craft binding by Ellen G. Woolrich of full brown crushed morocco, covers tooled in gilt with wide floral border surrounding central panel of dots grouped in threes, spine with raised bands and six compartments, lettered in one, the rest gilt with floral tools, a. e. g., signed in gilt on rear turn in 19 E. W. 04. Measures approx. 4. 75" x 6. 5". Light