Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

CRESSET PRESS-BACON (FRANCIS) The Essayes 1928; and 6 others, inc illus. by John Nash, Percy Bliss (7) image 1
CRESSET PRESS-BACON (FRANCIS) The Essayes 1928; and 6 others, inc illus. by John Nash, Percy Bliss (7) image 2
Private Press: Property of a Collector
Lot 116

CRESSET PRESS
BACON (FRANCIS) The Essayes, 1928; and 6 others

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £704 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

CRESSET PRESS

BACON (FRANCIS) The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall, limited to 250 copies, Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press, 1928--PAINTER (WILLIAM) The Palace of Pleasure, 4 vol., limited to 500 copies, colour-printed illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss, bookplate of Crosby Caige, 1929, publisher's vellum gilt, later slipcases--SPENSER (EDMUND) The Shepheards Calendar, limited to 350 copies, colour stencilled illustrations by John Nash, publisher's vellum-backed cloth, 1930-HOMER. The Iliad... Translated into English by Maurice Hewlett, modern quarter morocco by Asprey & Co., slipcase, 1928, 4to and small folio, Cresset Press (7)

Additional information

Bid now on these items

ADVERTISING POSTERfor 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]

ARCHITECTURE - STUART (JAMES) AND NICHOLAS REVETT The Antiquities of Athens, 4 vol. bound in 2, 1825-1830

ILLUMINATED ADDRESS – CLARA CODD Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]

ARMENIAN - HISTORY, THEOLOGY AND PRINTING. Group of books/a map in Armenian, c.1825-1901 (12)

MUSIC & RECORDINGS – ETHEL SMYTH Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]

BANK NOTES - MANUFACTURING BRADBURY (HENRY) On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes, FIRST EDITION, Bradbury and Evans, 1856