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ESSAYS. MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL by Bacon, Francis:
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Boston: Joseph Greenleaf, 1807.. xv,[3],270pp. Contemporary full calf. Ornate gilt spine, gilt-tooling on edges of binding. Ownership signature of Samuel Putnam Waldo on front free endpaper. Attractive and very good. First American edition and first work by Bacon to be published separately in the United States. Samuel Putnam Waldo was the grandson of General Israel Putnam and a popular writer known for his biographies of Andrew Jackson, Stephen Decator, and particularly his TOUR OF JAMES MONROE. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12020.
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front free endpaper : The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book. It may be plain or decorative.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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