Q: Recently I came into possession of an older Henry Altemus print, “The Essays of Lord Bacon.” From what I can find online, it appears to be in the Sanspareil Series, but I am unsure because the marbled cover and binding seem different from the examples on your website.

I have included photos of the title page, as well as the cover and spine. Any help identifying this book would be greatly appreciated.

A: Your book is either from the Altemus Library (Henry Altemus Company – Altemus Library Series 37) , the Laurel Series (Henry Altemus Company – Laurel Series (Two volume sets) Series 119), or the Fairmount Series (Henry Altemus Company – Fairmount Series 83).

In order to determine the exact series the book belongs to you would need the box which the book originally came in. The boxes were labeled with the book title and series name. Unfortunately the boxes are rarely found.