Bacon, Francis | A pair of works by the English philosopher and statesman

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Bacon, Francis

A pair of works by the English philosopher and statesman

Three Speeches … Concerning the ... Post-Nati Naturalization of the Scotch in England, Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and Scotland. London: Richard Badger for Samuel Broun, 1641. 4to (176 x 129 mm). Typographic border on title; upper corner of title renewed with portion of border in pen facsimile, repairs to the following four upper corners. Modern green half morocco. First edition, second state of page 1, line 5. A scarce tract by Bacon on the legal unity between England and Scotland. References: Gibson 206; Wing B337; ESTC R17387

The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seuenth. London: W. Stansby for M. Lownes and W. Barret, 1622. Small folio (290 x 185 mm). With first blank, engraved frontispiece portrait, title within woodcut border, with all 7 errata uncorrected, printed with line-borders, wide margins; slight browning. Contemporary calf, with "PM" blind-stamped on covers; extremities rubbed, joints weak. References: McKerrow & Ferguson 224; Gibson 116a; STC 1159. Provenance: "Pe: Middleton" (initials to front free endpaper, manuscript notes by him on endpaper and elsewhere) — M. F. Middleton (later book-label) — C.H. Hoare (bookplate to front pastedown) — H.W. Pratley, Esq (his sale, Sotheby's London, 13-15 January 1988, lot 388). First edition.