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62610Printed for William Lee and Humphrey Moseley and are to be sold at their Shops. London. 1650. Folio in 4s. pp. viii 64. New cloth ex libris RICHARD FREEMAN Darwin scholar and bibliographer with his purchase notes at the front also his brief note - '2nd. edition and first in Folio. This is not recognized as a work in itself but disbound from the 'sixt' edition of Sylva Sylvarum 1652.' See FREEMAN British Natural History Books #143 for Sylva Sylvarum and where Freeman has listed the 6th. edition as 1651; COPAC records a single copy of this edition at the Natural History Museum. Printed for William Lee, and Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at their Shops. London. 1650. Folio in 4s. hardcover
184452480London: William Pickering 1844. 8vo iv 336 pp. Monogrammatical booklabel bound by Hayday in contemporary red morocco a.e.g. some faint rubbing otherwise an attractive copy. Keynes p. 51. London: William Pickering unknown
63473Printed by J. H. for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleet-street next to the Miter. 1631. The third Edition. Folio in sixes. pp. x 258 viii A Table of the Experiments iv 46 43-44 Magnalia Natvrae. New Atlantis. A Worke vnfinished. With additional engraved title lacking the portrait. An extra printed leaf taken from the sixth edition of 1651 - 'His Lops. Vsuall Receipt for the Gout to which the Sixtieth Experiment hath reference.' is loosely added. D3 page 35 is misprinted page 13. Contemporary calf with an old rebacking the spine beginning to crack at the ends first two leaves slightly shaved at the margins and with some old ink spots the final five leaves with a slight damage to the fore-edge margin with loss not affecting the text faint browning of the paper margins a good copy overall. FREEMAN BNHB #143; JOHN CAREY Faber Book of Utopias pp. 63-64 : 'New Atlantis 1627 the first science-fiction novel is set on a Pacific island Bensalem where scientific research is as in our modern world the major intellectual enterprise. To allay fears already current in the seventeenth century that science would make people godless and ungovernable Bacon presents his Bensalemites as exemplary citizens. Bacon also anticipates the results though not the means of genetic engineering. Viz. listed in Magnalia Natvrae - Making of New Species; Transplanting of one Species into another.' And prescient for our times : 'Therefore amongst his other Fundamentall Lawes of this Kingdome he did ordaine the Interdicts and Prohibitions which we hauve touching Entrance of Strangers; which at that time though it was after the Calamity of America was frequent; Doubting Nouelties and Commixture of Manners. It is true the like Law against the Admission of Strangers without License is an Ancient Law in the Kingdome of China and yet contained in use.'. Printed by J. H. for William Lee at the Turkes Head in Fleet-street, next to the Miter. 1631. The third Edition. Folio in sixes. unknown
1928PACe[BAC77<p>London: Cresset Press Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press 1928. 1928. folio. pp. 4 p.l. 198 1 leaf. printed in black & red on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. titles & initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. printer's device in red on justification leaf. original vellum t.e.g. others uncut mild offsetting from former owner's label to upper portion of flyleaf & half-title. in very worn slipcase. Limited to 250 copies on Batchelor's Kelmscott Hand-Made Paper 8 on vellum.</p> London: Cresset Press [Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press], 1928. hardcover
1920124485Tolz: Bremer Presse 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tolz Bremer Presse 1920. Quarto 248 pages. Quarter contrasting cloth white and yellow with a paper title-label on the spine; all edges uncut; covers a little finger-marked; spine a little sunned; small area of damage to the trailing edge of the yellow cloth on the front cover possibly a production flaw; a very good copy internally in fine condition. Number 215 of 270 copies printed by Johannes Hoops based on the first complete edition of 1625. This may be a secondary binding; it is certainly not up to the standard of the quality of the paper or the presswork. Bremer Presse hardcover
1757134159Dublin: John Exshaw 1757. Hardcover. Fair. 414 18 23 p. 20 cm. B&w engraved plates. Full leather with Trinity College Dublin stamps on cover. Corners worn rear coat of arms scuffed vertical streaks on spine no spine label. Spine tail chipped and bottom parts of hinges separating. Front pastedown mostly missing no front free endpaper. Ink signature for Frances Middleton on title page. Fold-out plate across from p. 315 is partly missing. Pages darkened. <br/><br/>Title continues: "Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations and a Preface. To this Edition are added Critical Historical and Explanatory Notes By Way of Supplement not in any former Edition. By Zachary Grey LL.D. To the Whole is prefixed A Dissertation upon Burlesque Poetry. By the late Learned and Ingenious Montagu Bacon Esq; And an Appendix; In which is a Translation of Part of the First Canto of the First Book into Latin Doggerel." John Exshaw hardcover
1863408706New York: James Miller 1863. One leaf loose wear to binding at extremities some scattered foxing. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. Provenance: Edgar Conkling 1812-1881 financier from Cincinnati presentation inscription on front free endpaper to "His Namesake C. Edgar Kinne of Ovid Seneca Co. New York. May 8 1863. Remember that Abraham Lincoln was once a poor boy yet became President. That most of our great men became so by 'eternal vigilance' by system by diercedness of purpose anchored in God. The boy must decide what the Man may be. Religiously - morally - intellectually. E. C." With engraved portrait on pastedown. James Miller unknown
199547072Milano: Charta 1995. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; publisher's lavender pictorial card wrappers; 198pp.; illus. throughout many in color. Wrappers a bit shelf-worn and rather dust-soiled old price sticker to upper cover else Very Good internally sound. Catalog of a joint exhibition held at the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. Bilingual text in Italian and English. Charta unknown
178676952London Printed For The Author By John Nichols 1786. First Edition. Hardback. Bookplate of Charles Smith. An exceptional example in the original full aniline calf; professionally and period-sympathetically re-spined. Raised bands with gilt cross-bands and a red morocco label. ; 1391 pages; With divisional title page on leaf A1r. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT142990. Description: viii xvii 19-1391 p. 26 x 23 cm. Subjects: Church of England--Finance--Benefices. First published in 1711 as 'Liber valorum et decimarum . By John Ecton'. ""In 1786 John Bacon . Having changed the title of the book to 'Liber Regis' and made a few additions published it as entirely his own work. DNB . London, Printed For The Author By John Nichols hardcover
199848382Montreal: McGill Queen's University Press 1998. Very Good. Montreal: McGill Queen's University Press 1998. First Thus. Octavo; blue cloth boards stamped in black and gilt; 331pp. No dust jacket presumably as issued. Mild wear and fading along edges and spine; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. McGill Queen's University Press unknown
199624383NY: Thames and Hudson. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. First American Edition. First Printing. 0500092664 . Publisher's full black clotk silver lettering on spine silver Thames and Hudson medallion on cover. Profusely illustrated with 223 color reproductions of the work of Francis Bacon. Printed on glossy stock. Text by France Borel. Introduction by Milan Kundera. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW. Color Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 215 pp . Thames and Hudson unknown
1966170670Irvine: University of California Irvine 1966. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. <br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Art Gallery University of California Irvine from May 17 through June 12 1966. <br /> <br /> Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers. University of California, Irvine unknown
2004165184Milan: Skira 2004. Hardcover. First Italian Edition. Text in English.<br /> <br /> Produced in conjunction with an exhibition of Francis Bacon's work held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna from October 15 2003 to January 18 2004 and at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen from February 8 to June 20 2004. <br /> <br /> Fine in a Fine dust jacket. <br /> <br /> Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Skira unknown
1964164988New York: Viking Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Catalogue raisonné illustrated with 27 color plates and 260 monochrome plates.<br /> <br /> Very Good in a Good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket has loss at the crown and bottom right corner of the front panel. <br /> <br /> Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Viking Press unknown
2009165706New York: Thames and Hudson 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. <br /> <br /> Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed on the rear panel.<br /> <br /> Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Thames and Hudson unknown
1971166614London: Thames and Hudson 1971. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Text in French.<br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from October 26 1971 through January 10 1972 at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais and from March 7 through May 7 1972 at the Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf. <br /> <br /> About Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers lightly age toned. Thames and Hudson unknown
2009170699Gottingen: Steidl 2009. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Text in English.<br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from October 28 2009 through March 7 2010 at Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.<br /> <br /> Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Steidl unknown
2008170678Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Text in English. As New.<br /> <br /> Fine and unread with no dust jacket as issued. Ediciones Poligrafa unknown
2005165533New York and London: Thames and Hudson 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition.<br /> <br /> Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Thames and Hudson unknown
2005166370London: Marlborough Fine Art 2005. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. As New.<br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition held from March 9 through 24 2005 at Marlborough Gallery in London.<br /> <br /> Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Marlborough Fine Art unknown
198514050Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1985. Near Fine/Very Good. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1985. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket lettered in white; 342pp. Light shelf wear including tiny chip at jacket spine foot not approaching text ownership signature to half title page else a Very Good or better copy. Cornell University Press unknown
1840GEN33-D-13London : William Pickering 1840. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A detailed copy of Bacon's Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning Edited by B. Montagu. Adorned with a beautifully engraved title page. Containing the original publishers' advertisements to the start of the work and bound in the original publishers' binding. In original publishers' cloth binding with paper spine label. Externally rubbed with some light marks and sunning to the spine and front board. Some straining to the front hinge. Internally firmly bound bright and generally clean aside from some spotting to the endpapers. Neat ink inscription to the half title dated 1843. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good William Pickering hardcover
16243619<p>Compendium on Alchemy Medicine and Science A-2S8 2S8 blank present. 34 598 24 pages. Title-page in red and black. Worming to inner margin of first gathering with some minor affects; browning some old underlining partially in red and marginal notes some minor stains. Overall a good copy in the original full yapped vellum. This volume contains:1 Basilius Valentinus:Triumphwagen des Antimonii.2 Roger Bacon: Von der Medicin und Artzney/ oder Tinctur des Antimonii oder Spieglases Beydes in den Menschlichen Crpern zu erhaltung desselben Gesundheit und abwendung aller auch unheilbaren Kranckheiten und Seuchen Und unvollkommenen Metallen ihren Aussatz heilen sie zu clarificiren und in das beste Gold zuverse.3 Ein kurtz rundes und wolgegründtes Tractätlein Von den Particular und Universal-Tincturen.4 Vom Stein der Weisen Theoria. Und Practica Des Edlen . Georgii Phaedronis Rodocheri.5 Uhralter Ritterkrieg Das ist Ein alchymistisch kürtzliches Gäsprech. Unsers Steins/ des Golds und des Mercuii .6 Opus Saturni M. Johannis Isaaci Hollandi.7 Consideratio Oder Philosophische Betrachtung Von der Materia Lapidis Philosophici.8 Von der Occulta Chemicorum Philosophia Ein kurtzer Tractat.Basilius Valentinus also known under the Anglicized version of his name Basil Valentine was a fifteenth-century alchemist & the Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt Germany. Krown & Spellman HA 45215; 18 mo 4 x 6.4 in; xxxviv 59824 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .</p> Friedrich Lanckisch for Bartholmaeus Voigt hardcover
1871LV2701London:: C. W. Bacon 1871. 1871. 89x71.5 cm. Large folded pocket map with original linen backing within original blind-stamped red cloth cover; spine torn at center closed with kozo. Very rare British-published map of America. Bookseller's label Westley pasted inside front board. Very good copy. With both established railway routes and those proposed by the US government in 1871. The map shows the entire mid-west and eastern US and is highlighted in colors. Only a small portion of southern Canada is shown. A smaller inset shows the full United States & Territories with "British Possessions" marked for Canada. There is also a table of the US population given as 31485247 at the time parsed by state and a short table of relative distances in miles. No copy appears on WorldCat. C. W. Bacon, 1871. hardcover
188950741889. Paris Librairie Ducrocq s.d. 1889. Un fort vol. pt in-4 carrÂŽ 261 x 203 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. vii - 222 pp. et 1 f. n.fol. Plein cartonnage cerise de l'ÂŽditeur large composition figurative polychrome occupant le centre du premier plat laquelle est serti d'un triple filet d'encadrement dorÂŽ titre dorÂŽ dos lisse richement ornÂŽ de doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs larges fleurons dorÂŽs filets dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ toutes tranches dorÂŽes. Edition originale ici revÂtue d'un ÂŽlÂŽgant cartonnage d'ÂŽdition. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente de nombreuses tout autant que dÂŽlicates compositions in et hors-texte de l'auteur. ''Les oliviers aux feuilles dÂŽlicates aux branches rabougries et tordues couvrent la vallÂŽe. Au premier plan vers le rivage coule un ruisselet venu de la montagne. Plus loin par delˆ les eaux bleues de la baie s'ÂŽlÂvent des cimes encore blanches de neige. DÂŽlicieux paysage qui n'est certes pas cette partie de la Corse que SÂŽnÂque l'exilÂŽ a voulu dÂŽpeindre tel ''un dÂŽsert dÂŽpourvu d'arbres et de fruits au site rÂŽpulsif ˆ la vue et ˆ la tempÂŽrature inclÂŽmente''. Coiffes et angles lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽs. Petits dÂŽfauts affectant les mors ainsi que la premiÂre contre-garde. Infime manque en tÂte du dos. Rares rousseurs en marge du texte davantage marquÂŽes aux derniers feuillets. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
