[BACON, FRANCIS]. The Works. London: Printed for J. Johnson; W. J. and J. Richardson; Otridge and Son; H. L. Gardner; F. and C. Rivington; T. Payne; B. Faulder; G. and J. Robinson; J. Walker; J. Matthews; J. Scatcherd; Vernor and Hood; J. Nunn; Clarke and Sons; Cuthell and Martin; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; R. Lea; E. Jeffery; W. Miller; Longman and Rees; Cadell and Davies; B. Crosby; J. Harding; and J. Mawman, 1803.
Hardcover. First edition thus. In ten volumes. Octavo (220 x 140mm), pp. [lxxvi], 527; [viii], 562; [v], 534; [vii], 549; [xiii], 589; [xiv], 419, index; [xv], 476; [xv], 464; [vii], 569; [vi], 335, index. Signatures: *14, b-z8, AA-KK8, LL6; *10, B-Z8, AA-NN8, OO2; a3, B2-B8, AA-ZZ8, Aa-Ll8, Mm3; a4, B-Z8, Aa-Mm8, Nn3; A7, B-Z8, AA-OO8, PP7; *7, b8, B-Z8, AA-MM8, NN2; a8, B-Z8, Aa-Gg8, Hh6; a8, BZ8, Aa-Gg8; *4, B-Z8, AA-NN8, OO5; *2, b, B-Z8, Aa-Ee8, Ff4, Gg. Full leather. English text volumes I-VI, Latin text volumes VII-X. Contemporary speckled calf, smooth spines ruled and lettered in gilt, black morocco title and number plates, gilt ruled border to boards, speckled page edges, indexes, shoulder notes, engraved portrait frontispiece of Bacon by James Fittler in volume one, two fold-out tables, initial and terminal blanks present. Contents comprising, Volume I: The Life of the Lord Chancellor Bacon, Of the Advancement of Learning, Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History in Ten Centuries (Centuries I-VIII); Volume II: Sylva Sylvarum (Centuries IX-X), Physiological Remains, Medical Remains, Medical Receipts, Works Moral, [and] Theological Works; Volume III: Works Political; Volume IV: Law Tracts [and] Maxims of the Law; Volume V: Writings Historical [and] Letters; Volume VI: Letters (continued) [and] Letters, Speeches, Charges, Advices, &c.; Volume VII: Instauratio magna; Volume VIII: Instaurationis magna pars II, III and IV; Volume IX: Instaurationis magnae pars V, Opuscula philosophica, [and] Opera civilia et moralia; Volume X: Opera civilia et moralia (continued), De sapientia veterum, Meditationes sacrae, [and] Epistolae.
Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete, bindings secure, some extremities very slightly rubbed, head of spine to volume III slightly chipped, textblock largely clean with some insignificant intermittent browning and spotting, minor tears to fold-outs, no inking, inscriptions or ex libris plates. An original unrestored set in excellent condition.
