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6 BACON, Francis. The Essayes or Counsels, civill and morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. London: John Haviland, 1632 From the library of economist Nassau William Senior Third Haviland edition, in contemporary vellum, the copy of the economist Nassau William Senior. In 1625 John Haviland published the first complete, and definitive, edition of Bacon’s essays, the last to appear in Bacon’s lifetime. Comprising fifty-eight essays, it was greatly expanded from the first edition, published in 1597, which numbered just ten essays within a slim octavo volume. The second Haviland edition appeared in 1629. It is different in two aspects: the contents table is arranged alphabetically rather than by pagination, and the fragment “Of the Colours of Good and Evill” is appended. The 1632 edition is a page-for-page resetting of the 1629 edition. This copy was later owned by Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), whom Karl Marx called the “bel-esprit of English economists, well-known, alike for his economical ‘science’ and for his beautiful style” ( Capital , vol. I, sect. III). After establishing himself as a well-respected member of the Political Economy Club in London, Senior was appointed the first incumbent of the Drummond Professorship of Political Economy at Oxford from 1825 to 1830. It was during this tenure “that he won wide respect as a lucid exponent of what was still an infant discipline” ( ODNB ). He published numerous pamphlets and articles. Small quarto (187 × 143 mm). Contemporary vellum, title handwritten in ink across fore edge of book block, “N: W: Senior” hand lettered twice in ink across front cover, the second now faded. Woodcut title page ornament, head- and tailpieces, initials. Pastedowns and free endpapers renewed, original endpapers preserved, pasted to pastedowns with some securing cloth to front inner hinge, each with Nassau William Senior’s name in ink; these may have been the
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5 BACHOFEN, Johann Jakob. Das Mutterrecht. Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, 1861 Matriarchy ahead of patriarchy First edition of Bachofen’s most famous work, a founding text of social anthropology, arguing that matriarchy preceded patriarchy in the development of human society, based on a study of classical antiquity and of the tribal societies of his day. “From this premise Bachofen developed a whole evolutionary system. He maintained that feminine rule was not the earliest stage of social organization but arose as a reform superseding a still earlier stage of promiscuity. He attributed this development to the cult of female deities and to woman’s fundamental religiosity . . . His observations on woman’s social position influenced Marxist doctrine and helped eventually to lead to a complete change of view in sociological study and law” ( PMM ). Quarto (260 × 199 mm). Contemporary purple half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, black pebble-grain cloth sides, gilt patterned edges. Original wrappers bound in. With 9 leaves of plates, of which 3 folding. Early Russian bookseller’s label to the front pastedown, Russian library stamps and shelf marks to front wrapper and title, stamps repeated to plate versos, slip of German catalogue notes inserted. Rubbed, tips worn, binding firm, peripheral staining throughout, contents unmarked save for a few very minor pencilled annotations, browning to a few leaves. A good copy. ¶ Printing and the Mind of Man 349. £1,750 [121036]
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