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180765108Boston: Published by Oliver and Munroe 1807. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. In 1688 William Bradford had printed the first American appearance of Bacon's essays in the third part of a collection edited by Daniel Leeds entitled "The Temple of Wisdom for the Little World. 12mo. Contemporary sheep red morocco label. Ex-library with small paper label on spine and pockets and labels on pastedowns rubbing and wear to extremities and joints some browning of text mostly at the front and back and of endpapers. With the signature of William Pickering the gift to the library of Charles Walker Pickering. In a leather tipped brown cloth open end case. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. In 1688 William Bradford had printed the first American appearance of Bacon's essays in the third part of a collection edited by Daniel Leeds entitled "The Temple of Wisdom for the Little World" 12mo. Bacon's theories and his reasoning methods were popular during the Jeffersonian era. Jefferson was a strong advocate and believer in his inductive scientific methods and Baconian theory was evident in many of his actions; he even catalogued his library using "Bacon's classification of the human mind into 'Reason' "Memory' and 'Imagination.' " Brown "Thomas Jefferson" p.196. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous Books in English Literature" 13; Shaw and Shoemaker 43127. For the first complete edition: Gibson 13; Pforzheimer 30 Published by Oliver and Munroe unknown books
180740830London: Printed for J. Johnson and 20 others 1807. Small 12mo pp. xv 216; engraved frontispiece 8 plates; contemporary tree calf gilt lettered spine ex-Hill Library will usual markings extremities rubbed hinges reinforced with modern cloth endpaper edges toned interior fine. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Johnson [and 20 others] hardcover books
1812769051812. BACON Francis. ESSAYS MORAL ECONOMICAL AND POLITICAL With the Life of the Author. London Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham for J. Carpenter 1812 Octavo. xl295pp. Frontispiece portrait. Nicely bound in green diced calf expertly and almost imperceptibly rebacked in green leather gilt with red label. Small ownership stamp to fly and offset from frontispiece onto title else fine. unknown books
180758971Boston: Published by Oliver and Munroe No. 78 State-Street 1807. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. xv xvi blank 2 Contents 270 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf board edges worn. New morocco spine with black morocco label. Sound clean copy. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. xv xvi blank 2 Contents 270 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. In 1688 William Bradford had printed the first American appearance of Bacon's essays in the third part of a collection edited by Daniel Leeds entitled "The Temple of Wisdom for the Little World". Bacon's theories and his reasoning methods were popular during the Jeffersonian era. Jefferson was a strong advocate and believer in his inductive scientific methods and Baconian theory was evident in many of his actions he even catalogued his library using "Bacon's classification of the human mind into 'Reason' 'Memory' and 'Imagination.'" Brown "Thomas Jefferson" p.196. The Baconian theory "that one is educated partly by teachers studies and books but mostly by experience carefully observed and thoughtfully considered was especially appealing in America where Bacon was virtually canonized during the eighteenth century. as one of the true progenitors of the modern world." Cremin L. A. "American Education" 1970 p. 102. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous Books in English Literature" 13; Shaw and Shoemaker 12020. For the first complete edition of 1625: Gibson 13; Pforzheimer 30 Published by Oliver and Munroe, No. 78, State-Street unknown books
19072127London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. First edition thus. First edition thus. 12mo. Attractive full brown crushed morocco binding by Harcourt Bindery signed in pallet front dentelle with gilt border designs on covers and spine gilt dentelles. Slight wear to margins of spine else near fine. <br/><br/> Arthur L. Humphreys unknown books
1807WRCAM27886Boston: Joseph Greenleaf 1807. xv3270pp. Contemporary calf ornate gilt spine gilt- tooling on edges of binding. Spine lightly chipped. Attractive and very good with the ownership signature of Samuel Putnam Waldo on the front free endpaper. First American edition and the first work by Bacon to be published separately in the United States. Samuel Putnam Waldo was the grandson of Gen. Israel Putnam and a popular writer known for his biographies of Andrew Jackson and Stephen Decatur and particularly his TOUR OF JAMES MONROE. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12020. Joseph Greenleaf unknown books
268LONDON MACMILLAN 1900. FINE SANGORSKI BINDING VERY GOOD. LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1900 unknown books
1996153125Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou 1996. First edition. Softcover. 335 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 27 through October 14 1996. Text in French with contributions by Robert Melville John Berger Sam Hunter Stephen Spender John Russell Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Gowing and many others. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations with a number of gatefold plates. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very slight wear. Centre Georges Pompidou unknown books
196348302New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1963. Softcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1963. Numerous b&w and full color plates. 79 pp. Softcover. Small 4to. Red paper wrappers. Bumped and worn at head heel and corners; worn and chipped at spine; interior clean; binding beginning to loosen. A working copy. Very good-/No jacket issued. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum paperback books
198515178JLondon: Tate Gallery 1985. First Edition. Boldly signed by artist Francis Bacon on the half title page in red ink. Books signed by Bacon are rare. The large 246 page illustrated exhibition book to accompany the great retrospective showing of Bacon’s painting by The Tate Gallery. Approximately 9 by 12 inches 30 cm by 22.5 cm. Paperbound in original publisher's illustrated wrappers lettered white on the front cover and spine. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white throughout with numerous fold-out plates. Fine. Tate Gallery unknown books
1990D14155New York: Marlborough Gallery 1990. Paperback. Near Fine. Wraps; 4to; pp. 44 reproducing 14 works in full-color including 2 folding triptychs. Spine tips and corners lightly rubbed; rear cover a little age-toned; else fine. Contents are nice and bright. <br/><br/> Marlborough Gallery paperback books
196210054London: The Tate Gallery 1962. Softcover. G- cover is curling cover creased spine worn lamination pulled away from wraps age toning all pages clear and intact. Off-white wraps with color illustration and black lettering. 54pp. bw illustrations throughout some in color. London: Tate Gallery May 24 to July 1 1962. The Tate Gallery unknown books
1992130643Madrid / New York: Galeria Marlborough S.A. /Marlborough Gallery Inc 1992. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 8 through November 14 1992 in Madrid and then April 1993 in New York. Text in English and Spanish and with an insert of a translation of an interview with Bacon by Richard Cork. A near fine copy in wrappers. Galeria Marlborough, S.A. /Marlborough Gallery Inc unknown books
1984175577New York: Marlborough Gallery Inc 1984. First edition. Softcover. 38 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 5 through June 5 1984. Includes a number of color illustrations with 2 gatefolds. A near fine copy in wrappers with some slight bumping to the top front corner. Marlborough Gallery Inc unknown books
1983008475New York: Rizzoli 1983. Publisher's promotional poster 30" w x 22" h Near Fine faint small creases. A SCARCE ephemeral item distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1983. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy tube. Size: 30" x 22". . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 30" x 22". Rizzoli 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
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
1702224214London: Benj. Tooke 1702. First. hardcover. very good. 304 pages square 8vo contemporary paneled calf edges worn handsomely recased with blind stamped raised bands and a burgundy leather spine label. London: Benjamin Tooke 1702. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> A presentation copy from the editor Robert Stevens to Sir Edward Abney inscribed on the front fly-leaf stained dated 1702. Also with the signature dated 1712 of Abney's brother Sir Thomas Abney lord mayor of London. Bookplate of Charles James Fox the noted statesman orator and indulger "in vicious pleasures".<br /> Gibson 245 points out that as with this copy many copies lack the two dedication pages which were canceled owing to the death of William III before the publication pf the work. The remaining unsold sheets of this edition were issued with a new title-page and portrait added in 1736.<br/><br/> Benj. Tooke unknown books
170227377London: Benj. Tooke 1702. First edition and likely a large paper copy; 4to pp. 8 lxxx 2 302 2; contemporary full calf double gilt-ruled borders enclosing a central triple gilt-ruled panel fleurons in the corners a.e.g. rebacked to match preserving the original red morocco label; boards pockmarked else a very good copy. This copy with the early ownership signatures of Philip Ward and "Edw. Ward ex dono Robt. Stephens" and with an inscription by Stephens on the flyleaf reading "To the Right Honable. Sir Edward Ward Kt. Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Excheq. the memoires of Ld. Baron's are presented by his Ldships most humble servant Rob: Stephens." Edward Ward 1638-1714 was Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Robert Stephens 1665-1732 was the historiographer-royal and editor of this volume of letters by Bacon. Without the 2 leaves of dedication as usual. "These were canceled owing to the death of William III prior to the publication of the work" Gibson. Gibson 245. <br/><br/> Benj. Tooke hardcover books
185058008London: William Pickering n.d. 1850. 12mo pp. 2 323 1; architectural title page printed in red and black; full straight-grain black morocco by Henderson & Bissset gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 sprinkled edges; extremities and joints rubbed else very good. <br/><br/> William Pickering, n.d. unknown books
16501066121650. Hardcover. Very Good. Published in Leiden Netherlands in 1650 in Latin. Book very good piece of spine missing at bottom of rear hinge presentation sticker and previous owner's inscription with date on front paste-down and other previous owner's name on front free end paper. Front and rear inside hinge papers starting to detach front free end paper detached at bottom . Paper of pages aged. Some handwritten notes and lines on pages. Overall still a very good copy. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. hardcover books
1813215601Oxford: e Typographiceo Clarenoniano 1813. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full polsihed tan calf edges uncut. Bookplate. About fine. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. e Typographiceo Clarenoniano unknown books
1909RBACDEA00SZL.C.C. Central School of Arts & Crafts 1909. Very Good. Bacon Francis. Of Death. London: L.C.C. Central School of Arts & Crafts 1909. 3pp. 8vo. Olive wraps. Book condition: Very good with slightly bumped edges. Scarce. L.C.C. Central School of Arts & Crafts paperback books
19919027346Sweden Maine: Ives Street Press 1991. Wraps. fine. One of 100 numbered copies printed by Barbara Cash at the Ives Street Press and signed by her. Frontispiece is made up of flowers pressed from te printer's garden. Sewn into turquoise wrappers and contained in a purple clamshell box with a paper label printed in two colors on the spine. Publisher's printed prospectus and signed note to the former owner laid in. <br/><br/> Ives Street Press paperback books
