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162043494London: apud Joannem Billium 1620. <p>Bacon Francis 1561-1620. Instauratio magna. Novum organum sive indicia vera de interpretatione naturae. Small folio. 12 including blank leaf conjugate with engraved title 172 181-360 36 2pp. Beautiful engraved title-page by Simon de Passe 1595-1647; early inscriptions partially erased from top margin and center of engraving. London: John Bill 1620. 292 x 192 mm. Vellum ca. 1620 leather spine labels a bit soiled. Remnants of blue paper on front and back pastedowns first leaves a bit soiled but a fine copy. Leather booklabel of Frederick Spiegelberg.</p> <p> First Edition second issue. Only a handful of copies of the first issue exist. The philosophical exposition of the experimental method in science which greatly influenced the creation and development of the first scientific academies—the "Invisible College" the Royal Society and the Académie Royale des Sciences with inestimable effect on the development of scientific thought.</p> <p> At a time when scholars still relied on classical authority and metaphysical speculation to learn about the world they lived in Bacon conceived a new means of acquiring true knowledge of the world via observation experiment and inductive reasoning the type of logical thinking that ascends from specific facts to the establishment of general laws and principles. Bacon saw this novum organum or "new instrument" as the means of bringing about a "great revolution" instauratio magna in thought. Once taught the new experimental method everyone would be capable of engaging in scientific investigation unlocking the secrets of nature and applying the results ideally for the betterment of humankind. Bacon's vision of science inspired the subsequent foundation of the first scientific academies and also opened up the question of science's relationship with government and society.</p> <p> Bacon originally envisioned the Instauratio magna in six parts of which only two were completed: De augmentis scientiarum 1623 and Novum organum which along with the introduction to the third part Parasceve ad historiam naturalem et experimentalem and two sets of Aphorisms makes up the present work. The second issue has the errata leaf and colophon reading "Londini/Apud Joannem Billium/Typographum Regium/M.DX.XX." STC 1163. Horblit 8b. Dibner 80. Printing and the Mind of Man 119. Gibson Bacon 1950 103b. Eiseley "Francis Bacon" Makers of Modern Thought 1972. Norman 98. </p> . apud Joannem Billium unknown books
16202116London: John Bill 1620. First edition. contemporary calf. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE: FRANCIS BACON'S ARGUMENT FOR AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. "The writings of Lord Bacon and especially the "Novum Organum" possess a fourfold interest: They have a direct bearing upon the history of philosophy literature logic and physical science; and whatever estimate we may form of their influence upon each of these branches of knowledge we think that few will fail to admit that Bacon threw a bridge over that vast and deep gulf which separates the ancient from the modern modes of thought and directly opened a way to our present philosophy and science" G.F. Rodwell Bacon's Novum Organum. Bacon "insisted on experiment in determining truth in nature and the above book is a proposed method for the assessment of all knowledge. The accumulation of observation and fact must be the basis of a new philosophy and not the authority of Aristotle or anyone else. Bacon's inspiration led directly to the formation of the Royal Society. The famous engraved title-page showing a ship boldly sailing beyond the Pillars of Hercules the limits of the old world is interpreted to represent the bold spirit of adventure and research of the new age of science" Dibner 80. 

 "Bacon conceived a massive plan for the reorganization of scientific method an gave purposeful thought to the relation of science to public and social life. His pronouncement 'I have taken all knowledge to be my province' is the motto of his work. The frontispiece to his magnum opus shows a ship in full sail passing through the Pillars of Hercules from the old to the new world. It symbolizes the vision of its author whose ambitious proposal was: 'a total reconstruction of sciences arts and all human knowledge. to extend the power and dominion of the human race. over the universe'" Printing and the Mind of Man 119. 

Second issue as usual with "Billium" only omitting Bill Norton in colophon and added errata. Complete with the famous engraved title by Simon van de Passe. London: John Bill 1620. Folio 292x190 mm contemporary full calf rebacked with original spine laid-down; custom box. Some soiling to binding and repairs to corners. Title page with early signature and notation in top margin a few scattered rust spots tiny tear to corner of B2. Overall text extremely clean and crisp with wide margins. AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL WORKS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. John Bill unknown books
16051998London: Printed for Henrie Tomes 1605. First edition. Fine. An exceptional Fine copy with a distinguished provenance. Quarto pgs. 183 x 140 mm: Title 1-45; 1-118; with the typical erratic page numberings. With the final blank; without the 2 leaves of errata found in a very few copies and probably of later issue. Owing to misimposition text in Dd is printed on the wrong versos two leaves in Dd slightly shorter. Contemporary limp vellum modern spine lettering; modern half brown morocco slipcase. Provenance: Ellesmere Library at Bridgewater House armorial bookplate; bulk of the library acquired en bloc in 1917 by: -- Henry E. Huntington Huntington Library duplicate stamp at end.<br/><br/>A precursor to Bacon's masterwork the Instauratio Magna this book focuses primarily on the classification of philosophy and the sciences. Implicit in the work is the use of the Baconian method that later becomes the Scientific method as more fully developed in the Instauratio. Because it was first published in English and later translated into Latin it is considered one of the earliest philosophical works in English. A foundational work of Western thought. Fine. Printed for Henrie Tomes unknown books
1612304166London: William Jaggard for John Jaggard 1612. Second Jaggard edition second issue with G78 canceled with addition of signatures H-O. Woodcut headpiece and printer's ornaments on title and "Of the Colours" section title woodcut initials. 220 pp. Collation: A-F8 G8 -G78 H-O8. Small 8vo. Nineteenth century full blue morocco covers gilt with dentelle border smooth spine lettered in gilt a.e.g. Light wear to extremities small waterstains to covers. Second Jaggard edition second issue with G78 canceled with addition of signatures H-O. Woodcut headpiece and printer's ornaments on title and "Of the Colours" section title woodcut initials. 220 pp. Collation: A-F8 G8 -G78 H-O8. Small 8vo. Huth-Pirie Copy of the 1612 Jaggard Printing of Bacon's Essayes. The second Jaggard edition of the Essayes of statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon 1561-1626. Jaggard used his 1606 edition of the Essayes which contained the original 10 essays of the first edition as a model for this 1612 printing. When a new edition by Beale expanded from 10 to 38 essays appeared in 1612 Jaggard canceled the final two leaves G78 and expanded the work to include the full compliment of essays.<br/>Jaggard made no entry of this or his 1606 and 1613 editions of the Essayes in the Stationers' Register and so it has been customary to regard his editions as piracies. Jackson gently disputes this notion in the note to Pforzheimer 29 suggesting that a later transfer of rights to Jaggard's widow in 1624 as well as the silence of Hopper and Beale who did register their rights with the Stationers' Company argues for Jaggard having some right to the Essayes. "In some manner therefore Jaggard must have himself secured 'rights' which the Stationers' Company regarded as transferable even though not previously entered in the Register" Pforzheimer. In any case a rare edition: we trace only this copy at auction.<br/>The Essayes which went into numerous editions in the author's lifetime and eventually expanded from the 10 essays printed in the first edition to 58 in the 1625 edition treat moral and political topics in "a terse aphoristic style . which Bacon conceived as a genre setting down discrete observations on life and aspiring to some kind of objective validity" ODNB. "In an age of complicated and superficial verbiage Bacon turns the licence of imaginative and allusive expression into an instrument of accurate and chastened thought" Cambridge History of English and American Literature. The Essayes were originally circulated in manuscript among Bacon's friends - the threat of a pirated edition by Richard Seeger lead to Bacon entrusting the work to Humfrey Hooper for publication in 1597.<br/>A fine copy with exceptional provenance. ESTC S100353; Gibson 7; cf. Pforzheimer 28 & 29. Provenance: Henry Huth black morocco booklabel Sotheby's Wilkinson & Hodge 15 November 1911 lot 389; Robert S Pirie his bookplate purchased Seven Gables 1962 [William Jaggard] for John Jaggard unknown books
16056318London: Henrie Tomes 1605. First edition. The only work Bacon ever published in English the "Advancement of Learning" was his first statement of the scientific method as a philosophical position and of his massive plan to survey all human knowledge paving the way for the great encyclopedias of the Enlightenment. The book was published into a world that considered "learning" a matter of memorization of Aristotelian texts. "The Advancement of Learning" changed that arguing that the only knowledge of importance was that which could be discovered by observation that is 'empirical' knowledge rooted in the natural world. . Small quarto 19cm; 1 45 118 i.e. 121 leaves without the final blank and added leaves of errata at end that are present in some copies "not often found" according to Gibson. Numerous errors in foliation. In recent tan calf tooled in blind in period style by Pat M. Bruno bookbinder's ticket. Pages evenly toned with light scattered foxing especially on first and last leaves. Marginal paper repairs in last two gatherings. Pages trimmed close affecting shoulder notes. Provenance: British antiquary Francis Kilvert 1793-1863 his signature mounted along with letter of presentation from Kilvert to his contemporary antiquary James Heywood Markland bound in "Knowing your taste for literary curiosities I venture to beg your acceptance of what I believe to be the editio princeps of Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning." References: STC 2nd ed.; 1164; Gibson "Francis Bacon a bibliography" 81; Pforzheimer; 36p Norman 97. Henrie Tomes unknown books
1613319858London: John Beale for John Jaggard 1613. Beale piracy with "Aturney" on title-page. Title within border of printer's ornaments head- and tailpieces woodcut initials "Of the Colours" section title. 232 pp. Collation: A2-O8 P3 lacking blanks A1 and P4. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum manuscript title on spine. Title and terminal leaf soiled and worn with some small chips at edges small void in the title touching the ornamental border two small voids in terminal leaf costing a couple letters. Beale piracy with "Aturney" on title-page. Title within border of printer's ornaments head- and tailpieces woodcut initials "Of the Colours" section title. 232 pp. Collation: A2-O8 P3 lacking blanks A1 and P4. Small 8vo. Beale Pirated Edition of Bacon's Essayes. There were three editions of Bacon's Essayes dated 1613 with a Jaggard imprint. The first printed by Jaggard after the 1612 Beale edition of the Essayes has the spelling "Atturny" for "Attorney" on the title-page. The other two printings which spell "Attorney" as "Aturney" as here and "Atturney" are in fact counterfeit editions printed by the same John Beale whose 1612 edition stood as the model for Jaggard's 1613 edition. There is some debate about Jaggard's right to print the Essayes as he never registered the work with the Stationers' Company see Pforzheimer 29 for the arguments.<br/><br/>The Essayes of statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon 1561-1626 treat moral and political topics in "a terse aphoristic style . which Bacon conceived as a genre setting down discrete observations on life and aspiring to some kind of objective validity" ODNB. "In an age of complicated and superficial verbiage Bacon turns the licence of imaginative and allusive expression into an instrument of accurate and chastened thought" Cambridge History of English and American Literature. The Essayes were originally circulated in manuscript among Bacon's friends - the threat of a pirated edition by Richard Seeger lead to Bacon entrusting the work to Humfrey Hooper for publication in 1597. ESTC S100361; Gibson 9; Pforzheimer 29 [John Beale] for John Jaggard unknown books
16246319Paris: Pierre Mettayer 1624. Second Printing. Second printing after the London edition the previous year and the first European printing of Bacon's "De augmentis scientiarum." Effectively a greatly expanded version in Latin of his "Advancement of Learning" 1605 this is the book that in its Paris printing spread the word of the scientific method across Europe influencing Descartes and the philosophers of the Enlightenment Locke Leibniz Huygens and Voltaire. . Quarto 22 cm; 16 540 pages. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Roman and italic type. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. In contemporary full brown plain leather boards spine with five raised bands panels decorated in gilt with title stamped in gilt directly on spine "Verulami de Augm. Sc.". Ownership inscriptions on title page dated 1724. Text unmarred. References: Gibson "Bacon" 130. Pierre Mettayer hardcover books
16183463London: Bonham Norton and John Bill 1618. Rare first edition first issue of the defense of James Is execution of Sir Walter Raleigh written by Francis Bacon and with according to Bacon very material additions by the king himself. The work describes the circumstances surrounding Raleighs final voyage to America in 1618 with the purpose of locating a fabled gold mine and includes the text of Raleighs commission. In the event his expedition ended up seizing the island of St. Thomas and killing its Spanish governor an ostensible act of war against Englands ally. Back in England Raleigh who had already been sentenced to death in 1603 on another conviction was tried by a commission headed by Bacon and executed in October 1618. The English public was appalled: To sacrifice to a concealed enemy of England the life of the only man in the nation who had a high reputation for valor and military experience was regarded as meanness and indiscretion and the intimate connections which the king was now entering into with Spain being universally distasteful rendered this proof of his complaisance still more invidious and unpopular David Hume History of England. The present volume is the governments hasty attempt to justify the execution. Bacon as a member of the council that had sentenced Raleigh appears to have been the main author. In a letter to a friend he mentioned the work and the kings input: We have put the Declaration touching Raleigh to press with his Majestys additions which were very material and fit to proceed from his Majesty cf. Pforzheimer 819. The work is known in at least two issues a first issue of 63 pages and a second of 68. STC and Pforzheimer originally took the present to be the second issue but the STC has since revised its opinion based on the research by Starkey published in his Library article of 1948. STC 2nd ed. 20652.5; Gibson Francis Bacon 369c; Starkey The printing of a declaration of the demeanor and carriage of Sir Walter Raleigh 1618 The Library 5th series 3 1948 124-34. 4to. 16.6 x 11.4 cm 4 63 1 pp. including initial blank signed A in a woodcut tailpiece. Bound in later paneled calf title stamped on spine lower portion of spine damaged slightly worn at extremities. INTERNAL CONDITION Generally very good. Bonham Norton and John Bill books
1643046710Utrecht: Joannem Waesberge 1643. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary full calf rebacked old bookplates on endpapers some browning spotting early on wear in gutter to engraved title page edges browned otherwise clean internally with engraved title 5 folding maps and a plate. xiv 213 23; 106; 96 pp<br/><br/>Joseph Hall's dystopian satire was written around 1605 and not intended for publication - it was first published anonymously in 1607 this is the second edition. Campanella Utopian La città del Sole was written in Italian around 1602 and first published in 1623 in Latin. Bacon's unfinished Utopian novel Nova Atlantis was first published in 1627. Hall's work is said to have inspired Gulliver's Travels and Bacon's and the Royal Society that it helped inspire are mocked by Swift in the same. First collected edition. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Inventory No: 046710. Joannem Waesberge hardcover books
1622304161London: W. Stansky for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Second edition first published in 1622. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Henry VII by John Payne title within architectural woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 224 woodcut initials and headpieces text within ruled border with blank marginal columns for side-notes one printed side-note on X1b. iv 248 pp. Folio. Seventeenth-century calf covers tooled in blind to a panel design center panel of roll-tool and triple fillet border spine in six compartments with raised bands red morocco spine label printer's waste on pastedowns plain free endpapers. Ties and clasps perished joints cracked covers scuffed light foxing. Second edition first published in 1622. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Henry VII by John Payne title within architectural woodcut border McKerrow & Ferguson 224 woodcut initials and headpieces text within ruled border with blank marginal columns for side-notes one printed side-note on X1b. iv 248 pp. Folio. Large paper copy on thick paper of the second edition of Bacon's history of Henry VII. Bacon had promised the work to James I while on trial and he quickly completed the work following his impeachment for taking bribes. "It should be seen in the context of humanist historiography rather than as a precursor of its modern methods. Bacon was keenly interested in the conventional topics of virtue and fortune but was unconventional in placing a much stronger emphasis on fortune than virtue. The central lesson of The History of Henry VII was that a ruler must remain open to accident and ready to seize the opportunities it offered" ODNB. ESTC S122252; Gibson 116b. Provenance: Robert Eglesfield bookplate on verso of title-page; Joseph Dickinson signature on slip dated 1823 on front pastedown; C. Geldart signature on upper front free endpaper and numbered "26"; Robert S Pirie bookplate acquired from Seven Gables 1963 W. Stansky for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret unknown books
161426952London: Printed for Robert Wilson 1614 1614. First edition. STC 1125; Gibson 102; ESTC 121055. Title-page a little browned; the outer edge of the title a little chipped and trimmed closely but not touching the text; very good copy. Small quarto modern dark red morocco gilt rules and lettering. Lacking the first and final blanks. One of Francis Bacon's first acts when he became the Attorney General under James I was to attempt to bring a halt to dueling a practice that was particularly fashionable among the ruling classes. James I issued an edict at Bacon's urging and Bacon then issued his own worded more strongly which was entered into the Stationer's Register on March 5 1614. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> (London:) Printed for Robert Wilson, 1614 unknown books
1622123021Folio. London: Printed by w. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Folio 6 of 8 1-248pp. Fine engraved portrait of Henry VII by John Payne title within elaborate woodcut border of columns strapwork and scrolling vines woodcut head- and tailpieces initials text within ruled borders. Contemporary calf sides with borders double-ruled in blind rebacked. Title with early inscription: "ffran morse" and very early inscription at front see below. Preserved in a morocco backed Sangorski & Sutcliffe slip-case. § Second issue of the first edition with 3 errata corrected and four uncorrected; this copy is bound without the dedication leaf. At the front in a very early hand but perhaps not that of ffran morse are four lines of verse beginning "In vtrumque paratus Inglishedd" and continuing:"Patience amongst the vertues sitts as queene / Then welcome now that patience may be seene / but pale-faced woe if thou wilt needs depart / the dore stands ope be gone wth all my hart."Heather Wolfe kindly commented that "there's an emblem with that title from Whitney but it pairs two different things not patience and woe. It appears in other emblem books as well but with the same shovel/sword."Gibson 116b. Printed by w. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret unknown books
16291260236London: William Washington 1629. Second Edition. Hardcover. square/small 8vo 335pp.; VG; brown paneled spine with red label and gilt lettering; rebound previous boards rebacked diced with 4 diamonds; faded gilt tooling on edges; marbled endpapers; red specks on text block; binding becoming loose on first two endpapers; significant writing in pen on front and rear endpapers; some writing on text pages mostly on margins in the form of arrows; misprint on pp. 27 line 2 'pring' for 'bring; top edge trimmed no text or titles are lost; some waviness to pages; shelfwear and bumping appropriate with age; GP consignment; shelved case 7. 1260236. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. William Washington hardcover books
162228847London: printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret 1622. Mixed edition small folio pp. 4 248; engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne with moderate dampstain pervading about a third of it title within an elaborate architectural woodcut border text within ruled borders throughout early ownership signature on the front free endpaper of "Jer. Milles de Duloe" almost certainly the antiquary Jeremiah Milles 1714-1784 of Duloe Cornwall -- see DNB for a 3-column account and with numerous underlinings and occasional notes in the margins in his hand; dampstain at the bottom quarter of C1-D2 all else very good in contemporary full speckled paneled calf speckled edges; edges a little rubbed the whole very nicely rebacked and preserving the original red morocco label. See Gibson 116a and 116b for distinctions in the many errata: "There is . no certain means of determining their priority." <br/><br/> printed by W. Stansby, for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret unknown books
163035769London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. 6 84 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Full marbled calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands gilt borders and compartment borders. 11 mm turn-ins with gilt single-rule borders. All edges gilt. Collation: A4-L4 M2. Page 83 misnumbered 85. Gibson 192; STC 2nd ed. 1175 = 6983. Rear board lightly scraped bookplate on front free endpaper both free endpapers toned at edges by turn-ins. Early notes and underlining damp-staining to corners of last few leaves. Else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. "The Use of the Law" was the second part of a work by Sir John Doddridge entitled "The Lawyers Light; or a Due Direction for the Study of the Law" originally published in 1629. This second part was issued anonymously with a separate title-page. It was subsequently attributed to Bacon and afterwards included as part two of Bacon's "The Elements of the Common Law." Insurance required to ship this item. Printed by the Assignes of John Moore hardcover books
1639022562London: By John Haviland for William Lee 1639. Quarto. 5th edition. Frontispiece portrait of Bacon engraved title page and regular title page 14p. dedication to the reader and table of experiments 218pp. 21pp together with New Atlantis. A Work Unfinished. Undated title page 43pp. 1pp. to the reader p. 13 and 14 misnumbered 21 and 22. p. 19 and 20 misnumbered 27 and 28. This 5th edition was published after the author's death by his personal secretary William Rawley Doctor Divinity one of his Majesties Chaplaines. Hereunto is now added an alphabeticall table of the principall things contained in the whole worke. This work is an anthology of one thousand paragraphs consisting of extracts from many books mostly from antiquity and Bacon's own experiments and observations. It is fascinating as it contains numerous passages dealing with medical treatments for the prolongation of life and the preservation of flesh. At the end of the volume Rawley also included the New Atlantis. A Worke unfinished. Bacon was a scientist politician philosopher attorney general member of Parlement author etc. . He was also appointed Lord Chancery of the High Court but he had become best known for his promotion of the scientific method. He was knighted upon James I's ascension to the British throne. A handsome copy bound in 19th century 3/4 polished calf over cloth raised bands with title gilt portrait frontispiece and engraved title page had been mounted top edges of leaves were closely trimmed a bit frontispiece and title page have finger soiling text clean without foxing and beautifully printed. By John Haviland for William Lee unknown books
162933722London: Printed by I.H. and R.Y. and are to be sold by Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith 1629. 2nd Edition 3rd issue Gibson 118; STC 1161. Period full speckled brown leather binding with later repair to joints & portion of upper front board. Later red leather title label & date label to spine ends. Red speckled edges. Title leaf beginning to detach at top otherwise a solid VG copy. 4 248 10 pp. "Table" comprises last 10 pages. P. 40 misnumbered 04; 208 as 218. Architectural title-page. Elaborate head- tailpieces. Historiated initial capital letters. Folio: A2 B - 2I4 2K5. Sheets from the 1628 edition with the title leaf A1 a cancel. 11-1/8" x 7-1/8" <br/><br/> Printed by I.H. and R.Y. and are to be sold by Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith hardcover books
165838638London: Printed for William Lee 1658. Folio. 16 218 26 36 8 64 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved additional title. Sectional title pages with separate pagination and register. Early calf covers ruled in blind spine with raised bands morocco lettering piece.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Gloddaeth Library booklabel; The Garden Library booklabel<br/> <br/>The Garden Library copy.<br/> <br/>Bacon's posthumously published anthology of extracts from many books mostly from antiquity and with Bacon's own experiments and observations on natural philosophy. At the end of the volume Rawley has included his "New Atlantis. A Work unfinished" a description of a utopian island and its scientific community.<br/> <br/>ESTC R27204; Wing B328; Gibson 177b. Printed for William Lee unknown books
1683252193London: Printed for Tho.mas Flesher at the Angel and Crown and Edward Evets at the Green Dragon 1683. First English edition. 20 leaves beginning with general title A1 followed by the title for The Cure of Old Age . 156 pp. 3 leaves beginning with title page for Arbor Vitae; or a Physical Account of the Tree of Life In the Garden of Eden . 108 pp. 4 leaves contents 1 leaf advertisement for Flesher books. A8a8.b4B-S8T4 T4ads 401566108 82 adsp. General title-page torn at top with loss of about one inch to top page. Contemporary calf front and back cover loose. Very Good internallySigned Sidney Ballen on ffep. First English edition. 20 leaves beginning with general title A1 followed by the title for The Cure of Old Age . 156 pp. 3 leaves beginning with title page for Arbor Vitae; or a Physical Account of the Tree of Life In the Garden of Eden . 108 pp. 4 leaves contents 1 leaf advertisement for Flesher books. A8a8.b4B-S8T4 T4ads 401566108 82 adsp. The first English edition of 'De retardandis senectutis accidentibus et sensibus conservandis.' It had appeared in Latin in London in 1590. Arrais d 1652 physician to Juan IV King of Portugal and medical author. In this treatise "I compose a Discourse concerning the Qualities of that Wood or Tree of Life in the Earthly Paradise which either prolonged Life to Eternity or at least a very long Time." It is more than a philosophical paper with numerous references to medical case histories medicinal discoveries including Opium and with references to non-European medicinal practices Brazil East & West Indies India etc. It seems to have been overlooked by many of our usually complete bibliographies Alden Sabin Borba de Morales Palau etc. Wing B372; ESTC r30749; T.C. II 20; Ferguson Glasgow I58; Krivatsy/NLM 566; Gottlieb 34; Manchester 114; Osler 501; Duveen 38; Neu 179; Dawson 349; Wellcome II 83 Printed for Tho.[mas] Flesher at the Angel and Crown and Edward Evets at the Green Dragon unknown books
16572331London: Printed by Sarah Griffin for William Lee 1657. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. First edition of Resuscitatio; Or Bringing Into Publik Light Several Pieces by Francis Bacon. Folio 25 282pp 4 84 3 85-122pp 2. Dark brown leather contemporary morocco spine title in gilt decorative bands with six compartments. Reinforced with contemporary endpapers. Engraved frontispiece of the author. Lacking errata and advertisements. Previous ownership bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Wing B319 Gibson 226. Printed by Sarah Griffin, for William Lee unknown books
1638046697London: Edward Girffin 1638. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. 18th/19th c. speckled calf rebacked portrait laid down on an added endpaper title worn at edges clean otherwise and unmarked. The first Latin edition first issue without the added 3rd part from unsold sheets of Novum Organum of Bacon's collected works. xiv 148 iv 153-263 vii 271-324 x 335- 349 iii 353-386 xvi 475pp. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 046697. Edward Girffin hardcover books
1631160685London 1631. hardcover. Together with: New Atlantis A Work Unfinished. Written by Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley. Lacks the main title page but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. The engraved portrait of Bacon is mounted inside the front cover. 14 218 22; 4 43pp. 4to old boards well-rubbed and soiled; lacking spine but still firmly sewn. London: Printed by W. Lee 1631. Possibly the 3rd edition.<br/><br/> There is an un-dated divisional title page for New Atlantis. The "Sylva Sylvarum" is a collection of Bacon's scientific experiments and observations in natural history which were intended for inclusion in his "Instauratio Magna." The work was edited and published posthumously by his friend William Rawley. The appended "New Atlantis" is one of Bacon's most popular works and has served as inspiration for many scientific organizations. "It ranks among the best knowna nd most pleasant of the Utopian writings." -Bernal 305. An amusing ink inscription on rear of title page dated 1869 states "Finding this book too stupid I cannot do better than to offer it to my dear niece."<br/><br/> unknown books
1630719871630. London 1630. First edition. London 1630. First edition. First Edition of Bacon's Elements of the Common Laws of England Bacon Sir Francis 1561-1626. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England Branched Into a Double Tract: The One Contayning a Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously Addicted to that Noble Profession. The Other the Use of the Common Law For Preservation of Our Persons Goods And Good Names. According to the Lawes and Customes of this Land. London: Printed by Robert Young for the Assignes of I. More Esq. 1630. xxiv 104; 8 84 pp. Two parts each with title page and pagination second part titled The Use of the Law. Quarto 7" x 5-1/2". Nineteenth-century three-quarter morocco over cloth raised bands and gilt title to spine top-edge gilt marbled endpapers. Faint dampstaining to boards near top-edges moderate rubbing to extremities small chip to head of spine front joint and hinge just starting at ends corners bumped title page and final leaf re-hinged. Toning to text edgewear and light soiling to preliminaries and final leaves of text repair to lower corner of leaf D4 pp. 22-23 of first part below text. Two illegible later owner signatures to front endleaf one struck through another struck-through signature to title page. $1000. First edition. Bacon one of the great intellectuals of his era held the posts of Solicitor General Attorney General and Lord Chancellor during the reign of James I. The Elements of the Common Laws of England is the general title for a work that is comprised of two different treatises: A Collection of Some Principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England and The Use of the Law Provided for the Preservation of Our Persons Goods and Good Names. The first contains a set of twenty-five maxims or regulae one of the earliest if not first collection of maxims on English law. These maxims are remarkable for their stylistic vigor intellectual rigor meticulousness and clarity. The Regulae was intended to be the first part of De Regulis Juris a codification of English law that Bacon never completed. This is quite unfortunate observes Holdsworth because "he alone had the philosophical capacity the historical knowledge. unknown books
1696100048<p>8vo later full mottled calf gilt spine decorations morocco title label viii 167 2 6 1 blank 21 1 blank 9 1 17-123 1 5 pp. Bookplate minor wear to joints and edges else very good. This book is an attractive copy of Bacon’s classic essays including thoughts on anger delays gardens studies and vain glory. This copy contains and advertisement for an English dictionary and books that will be sold by Abel Swall and Tim Child.</p> J. Newton, books
1639100049Small folio 11 ¼ x7 ½ early full calf ruled in blind morocco lettering piece lacking frontispiece and additional title but main title is present xvi 218 22 iv 43 pp. Edges lightly worn endpapers replaced signature ‘Q†worn in outer margin restoration to edges of title leaf and final this copy was repaired professionally in 1968. This is an interesting collection of the miscellaneous scientific writings and experiments of Francis Bacon 1561-1626 appended with his utopian work “A New Atlantis.†The book first appeared the year after his death edited and published by William Rawley but went through a number of editions reflecting the popularity of his writings. While Bacon would be well educated in his early years as the youngest son in his family he would be left without land money or position upon his father’s death in 1579. However thanks to his tremendous intellect and political skills he would have a very successful political and intellectual career and would prosper under James I. Among his many accomplishments would be obtaining the post of attorney general but bribery charges would bar him from ever holding public office again. He would publish a good deal in his later years and legend suggests that his intellectual curiosity would eventually cost him his life when he caught chill after experimenting with the impact of cold temperatures on decaying meat. More recently it has been suggested that his death was caused by “inhaling remedial substances†in an effort to improve his health. John Haviland and William Lee unknown books
