BINDING - Francis BACON (1561-1626). Essays, London, 1903, 8vo, VERY FINELY BOUND in full dark...

BINDING - Francis BACON (1561-1626). Essays, London, 1903, 8vo, VERY FINELY BOUND in full dark blue crushed morocco elaborately-decorated in gilt by Ramage. BINDING - Francis BACON (1561-1626).  Essays and Colours of Good and Evil with Notes and Glossarial Index by W. Aldis Wright . London: Macmillan and Co. from the "Golden Treasury Series", 1903. 8vo (151 x 96mm). Half title, wood-engraved illustration on the title. VERY FINELY BOUND in full dark blue morocco gilt by Ramage, the covers decorated with large and small anthemia, the larger in green morocco onlays, the smaller in red morocco onlays, interspersed with small crescents and dots, the larger anthemia motifs repeated in five compartments of the spine, the sixth compartment lettered in gilt, dentelles with anthemion cornerpieces and a repeated pattern of small crescents and dots, tan watered silk liners, gilt edges. A BINDING OF RARE BEAUTY IN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE CONDITION.