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169419001Lipsiae: Impensis Johannis Justi Erythropili excudebat Christianus Goezius 1694. Folio 33.5 cm 13.25". 8 ff. 1584 columns 49 index pp. half-title lacking. <br><br>Simon Johann Arnold's edition of Bacon's collected works translated into Latin from the original English published simultaneously at Leipzig and Copenhagen. Sir Francis Bacon 15611626 in addition to rising to the office of Lord Chancellor was a prolific and lively-minded writer noted by the Oxford Companion to English Literature as "capable of varied and beautiful styles" and as exhibiting "a peculiar magnificence and picturesqueness in much of his writing." This Opera is a more complete collection of Bacon's literary scientific and philosophical productions than the first which was published in 1665.<br>Â Â Â Â This offers evidence of early readership in form of underlining in ink and occasional marginal notations confined to early portion of the tome. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Gibson Bacon 243a. On Bacon see: Oxford Companion to English Literature 5657. Contemporary vellum spine with gilt-stamped title; vellum showing minor scuffing and spots of discoloration. Front pastedown with a 19th-century bookplate; front free endpaper with edge nicks and short edge tears. Lacking half-title. Early inked marginalia and underlining as above; leaves age-toned with intermittent light offsetting and foxing. One leaf with short tear from upper margin not extending into text. Impensis Johannis Justi Erythropili, excudebat Christianus Goezius hardcover books
1638WRCLIT65585London: Exculum typis Edwardi Griffini . 1638. 14176179-386164751pp. with occasional misnumbering as per Gibson. Large quarto. Contemporary gilt armorial calf rebacked and recornered to style at some point in the 20th century with the original label chipped laid down. Lacks the portrait frontis marginal repairs and discolorations to title leaf and terminal leaf not affecting text and with a long closed tear in lower margin of title repaired intermittent faint old marginal tide-marks occasional marginal smudging and soiling early ink name and shelf designation on endsheet the latter repeated on title; otherwise a good sound and reasonably tall 32.5 cm copy. First collected edition of Bacon's Latin works and the first issue prior to the inclusion of unsold sheets from the 1620 NOVUM ORGANUM and the alteration of the title- page to include it. The edition was overseen by William Rawley Bacon's secretary and chaplain. Although the register is continuous the major constituent works were equipped with full title leaves some of them bearing the imprint of John Haviland. GIBSON 196. STC 1109. ESTC S106899. Exculum typis Edwardi Griffini ... unknown books
16183463<p>London: 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.</p> Bonham Norton and John Bill
16187294JUSTIFICATION FOR RALEIGH'S EXECUTION<br /><br /><b>BACON SIR FRANCIS and King James I. </b><i><b>A Declaration of the Demeanor and Cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh Knight as well in his Voyage as in and sithence his Returne; And of the true motives and inducements which occasioned His Maiestie to Proceed in doing Iustice upon him as hath bene done.</b></i><br /><br />Extra <b>illustrated </b>with full-page frontispiece portrait of Raleigh. 8vo. Bound in full modern calf gilt lettering on spine. London Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill<b> 1618. First Edition. First Issue.</b> <br /><br /><b>With an early 17th-century inscription on the title page:</b> "<i>From his very much esteemed friend Raleigh</i>." It is thought that this might be an inscription by Raleigh's cousin George. The inscription is slightly faded from having been lightly washed. <br /><br />This is the official apologia for Raleigh's execution at the order of King James I. It was composed largely by Francis Bacon but also by the other commissioners who tried Raleigh and with additions by King James himself. It was published only a few months after the events it describes and as quickly as possible following Raleigh's beheading. <br /><br /><br />Starkey's article on the publication history of this book published in '<i>The Library'</i> in September of 1948 defined the first issue in conformity with this copy. His analysis is generally considered to supersede Pforzheimer's earlier analysis as well as that of the first edition of STC both of which identified a different first issue. Since Starkey's article STC has revised its entry assigning first issue priority to the issue offered here. <br /><br />Bacon began his prosecution by asserting that it was not ever a Sovereign's duty to justify himself to his people but that Raleigh's final speech had made it necessary to explain why his execution was deserved. Bacon then helpfully revised King James' assent to Raleigh's disastrous expedition to Guiana to conform to a magnanimous gesture. James had not it turned out believed in the existence as such of a 'City of Gold' but had humored and indulged Raleigh because of his influence and popularity. As it is written in this work probably by Bacon: "<i>Sir W. Rawleigh had so inchanted the world with his confident asseveration of that which every man was willing to beleeve as his maiesties honour was in a manner ingaged not to deny unto his people the adventure and hope of so great Riches to bee sought and atchieved at the charge of Voluntaries.</i>" <br /><br /><br />The work includes in full and for the first time in print the commission given to Raleigh for his Voyage and gives an account of how he betrayed this commission. Finally it gives a short account of Raleigh's voyage and supposed misdeeds as well as a detailed account of Raleigh's return and his purported attempts to escape. <br /><br />The volume is complete save the initial blank leaf which is absent from nearly all copies. The upper margin is trimmed a little closely touching some of the page numbers o/w a fine clean copy. <br /> Bonham Norton and John Bill hardcover
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
164752110London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate 1647. First edition 8vo xvi 323 13 pp. Engraved second title showing a map of Britain light damp staining to the first 5 leaves. Booklabel of Kimbolton Castle Library to the paste down. Contemporary speckled calf spine dull joints recently repaired with a new maroon label. "Bacon's greatest service to anti-Stuart causes. probably written using notes collected by John Selden. Published. to justify the Long Parliament's war against Charles I with a continuation appearing in 1651 the work has been referred to as 'the English Francogallia'. it argued with unrelenting force an anti-royalist ideology of enormous persuasive power. This was the radical ancient constitution which. was first fully articulated during the civil wars by polemicists such as William Prynne and Bacon himself. Early a mainstay of the Long Parliament's cause the ideology consisted of the following propositions: first while government in general was from God the particular form came from the people. Writing a summation of his work in 1651 Bacon re-emphasized the continuity of an elective and contractual monarchy and a parliament which oversaw its proper functioning. With a salute to both past and present he wrote at the very end of his tract: 'as I found this nation a commonwealth so I leave it and so it may be forever'" ODNB. Wing B348B. The true first edition as opposed to the 1872 reprint with "Grayes-Inn-Gate" in the imprint second state with the publisher's name spelt "Walbancke. London: Printed for Mathew Walbancke at Grayes-Inne-Gate unknown
1647181842London : Printed for Matthew Walbanke 1647. 1st Edition - 2nd state. Hardback. Minor worming with text largely unaffected. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the gilt-blocked original label laid back. Remains a particularly well-preserved example; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.: 2 volumes bound in 1. 12 323 p. 307 p. 13 p. ; 20 cm. Note: COPAC and other related entries refer to an author's signature: his name in manuscript does appear in this copy but we presume that the printer added this following their noticing that the author's name did not appear on title page post print. Anonymous by John Selden edited by Nathaniel Bacon. In this edition printer's name and address in two lines. B1r has row of type ornaments at head; C1r has woodcut ornament; the 'D' of D1 is under the 'n' of 'and'. Wing mistakenly identifies the state with imprint word ""Walbanke"" as the 1672 reprint. Part 2 titled 'The continuation of an historical discourse of the government of England until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth'. 1651. ESTC citation no.: R483640. Subject: Constitutional history - Great Britain. London : Printed for Matthew Walbanke hardcover
167229196<p>Printed for M. Walbancke London with 1647 and 1651 dates this quarto is from a suppressed printing completed in 1672. Attributed to Nathaniel Bacon the work reviews the development of English political and legal systems from the earliest times through the reign of Edward III. Topics include Saxon and Norman rule the ranks of nobility court practices and the authority of the church into the seventeenth century. The research is frequently linked to John Selden. Bound in full leather rebacked with a gilt title. Measures 8 by 6.25 inches 20.3 cm x 15.9 cm. Collation: 16 323 13; Vol 2: 24 307 8 pages. No illustrations noted. References: Wing B 349. Good condition with some pulling at hinges binding sound and text block tight and secure. #29196 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> for M. Walbancke hardcover
1672032862London: Matthew Walbancke. Matthew Walbancke and Henry Twyford 1672 A very good copy in largely contemporary binding. In two parts with separate title pages dated 1647 and 1651 respectively. It is suggested that John Selden 1584-1654 is the true author of the work which was then edited by Nathaniel Bacon - whose name is on the title to the Continuation. However this is still a matter of argument. The work was produced originally as the Civil War came to its close and the Commonwealth was established and is written against the royal prerogative. A 'secret' or 'private' edition was produced in 1672 after the restoration of the monarchy. It is stated that 750 copies were produced and many were burnt or otherwise destroyed. The edition has the 2 works in one is dated as for the 1647/51 edition and there are variants of it. Detailed study Joseph A Dane University of Chicago Press suggests that the remnants of 1672 copies were put back together and sections reprinted later. This copy is clearly a 1672 'secret' edition of which parts are likely to be later printings. According to ESTC this copy has the Title page in setting A; Quires B-C are in setting 2; and Quire D in setting b. The binding is full calf with contemporary boards with blind ruled lines and new matching spine with raised bands and title label. Endpapers have been retained with repair and there are some ink numerals to the front and a latin quotation with initials to the verso of the fep. Contents: title 1647; To Consideration 2pp; Contents listing 4pp; Prologue 4 pp; text pp 1-323 Finis; Table 11pp; Finis; Title 1651; contents 2pp; Preface 20pp; text pp 1-307; table 8pp; Finis. All with decorative headpieces. The paper is lightly toned particularly to edges but the copy is very clean with crisp paper. Book size 20 cm x 15 cm Matthew Walbancke. Matthew Walbancke, and Henry Twyford hardcover
1689674321689. London 1689. 4th edition. London 1689. 4th edition. Selden's Historical Discourse Selden John 1584-1654 Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Editor Attributed Author. An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Vindication of the Ancient Way of Parliaments in England. Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden by Nathaniel Bacon of Grays Inn Esquire. London: Printed for D. Browne and A. Millar 1689. xx 203 5; 168 167-188 6 pp. Pagination irregular text complete. Two parts each with title page dated 1682. First part preceded by general title page dated 1689. Folio 13" x 8". Contemporary mottled calf blind panels to boards raised bands to spine. A few minor nicks and scratches to boards moderate rubbing to extremities small chip to head of spine corners bumped and lightly worn front hinge cracked early armorial bookplate to front pastedown front free pastedown and following leaf partially detached. Moderate toning to text somewhat heavier in places minor spark burns to a few leaves. An appealing copy. $500. Fourth edition. Often attributed to Bacon the Historical Discourse "is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions." DNB. "The first edition having become so rare a second edition was secretly printed in 1672 which was suppressed. It was again secretly reprinted in 1682 and the publishers were prosecuted. The 1682 edition appears to have been reissued in 1689 with the 1682 imprint" Sweet & Maxwell. Dictionary of National Biography I:836-837. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:999. English Short-Title Catalogue R16514. unknown books
1679000235London: Richard Chiswell 1679 Printed by J D for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown. Bound in calf with the front board detached and approximately 2/3 the spine missing. Bookplate of Isaac Hull Platt author and biographer of Bacon and Shakespeare notes on Bacon front free endpaper in Latin and English name on title page. 2 ffep2 ts. blank 3-104 imprimatur errata 3-270 one blank leaf. Contents very clean and bright. Richard Chiswell hardcover
1679045996London: J.D. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf front board detached spine varnished old signature to title scattered browning mostly minor trimmed a little close in spots touching the running title small repaired tear to b1 with no loss; generally bright and unmarked internally. 104 3-270pp with 5 divisional titles in the second part but paginated continuously - lacking the first divisional title . With the portrait frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 045996. <br/><br/> J.D. hardcover books
167946216<p>London : by J. D. for Richard Chiswell 1679. First edition. "Now among all the benefits that could be conferred upon mankind I found none so great as the discovery of new arts endowments and commodities for the bettering of man's life" Francis Bacon - an important collection of his various writings letters speeches etc. grouped into several sections: political and moral discourses with a good many aphorisms - "Discretion in speech is more than eloquence"; his scientific experiments particularly relating to metals and minerals; his thoughts on medicine and theology; and the "Baconiana Bibliographica" with thoughts on his own writings by himself and others. With an introduction by Thomas Tenison 1636-1715 - "Nature gives the world that Individual Species but once in five hundred years". Crown 8vo 176 x 109mm. 2272ii104viiipp - the introduction and contents leaves bound at the rear in this copy. With all fly-titles imprimatur leaf final blank errata etc. Engraved portrait frontispiece by Frederik Hendrik van Hove 1628-1698. Contemporary calf skilfully rebacked preserving most of the original spine and label; endpapers rejointed; sprinkled edges; lightly rubbed; a few minor internal marks chips and slight creases; tiny hole to one leaf; occasional light spotting and browning but a sound and attractive copy of an important compilation. Bookplate of Dr and Mrs H. R. Knohl.</p> London : by J. D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679. hardcover
167952178London: J. D. for Richard Chiswell. Very Good. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked old calf. PO name to ffep and title page. Engraved portrait frontis. Foxing/spotting throughout. 2 104 3-270. Impramatur and errata between pp. 102 and 103 of first part. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. D. for Richard Chiswell hardcover
1679G3BRWN0705London: Richard Chiswell 1679. Hardback half-calf front board detached lacking spine label. 18cm x 11.5cm. Pp. x ii 3-104 3-270. Lacks the portrait frontis & title page for one section all the others present. 1st edition 1679. A good reading copy. g3. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Richard Chiswell Hardcover
16391277191639. BACON Francis. A Collection Of Some Principal Rules and Maximes of the Common Lawes of England With Their Latitude and Extent: Explicated for the more facile Introduction of such as are studiously addicted to that noble Profession a.k.a. Elements of the Common Lawes of England. BOUND WITH: The Use of the Law. London: Assignes of John More 1639. Small quarto modern full brown calf; pp. 18 94; 8 72. $1800.Third edition of ""one of the earliest if not the first published collection of maxims of the English Law"" Rees I: 20.As Britain's Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon excelled as ""one of the Makers of English Law. In all the spheres that a lawyer can occupy he was preeminent"" Reams 105. Yet the displeasure with which James I viewed his reforms prevented any of Bacon's legal works from being published during his lifetime. Central to this conflict was Bacon's belief ""in a large modern centralized nation-state and in a powerful dominant monarchy. Bacon was against medieval ideas of feudalism just as much as he was against medieval notions in metaphysics Bacon rejected Coke's theory of the supremacy of the common law preferring to ascribe supremacy to natural law or to what he went so far as to call reason What was needed was the vision of the statesman and this Bacon himself volunteered to contribute. The statesman was ready to agree that the judges should be honored as lions but the lions should be 'under the throne.' It was this opinion that recommended him to James I yet Bacon did not succeed in winning James' sympathy even when he was closest to him"" Encyclopedia of Philosophy I: 236. Thus the Elements part of Bacon's noble plan to systematize and reform English law was published posthumously.Among America's Founding Fathers Jefferson held Bacon in especially high esteem. He considered Bacon Locke and Newton to be ""the three greatest men that have ever lived without any exception"" February 15 1789 letter to John Trumbull. While only 25 of the hundreds of maxims collected by Bacon were ever published Elements stands acclaimed as ""one of the earliest if the not the first published collection of Maxims of the English Law in the science of the grounds and mysteries of the law he was exceeded by none"" Marvin 83-84. Bound without general title page Elements of the Common Lawes of England Branched into a Double Tract as sometimes found; with the title page of the first part serving as the volume's title page. None of Bacon's legal works was published before his death in 1626; the first edition of this work appeared in 1630. Bound with a 1639 edition of The Use of the Law probably not by Bacon as often; this part first appeared in 1629 as the second part of another work by Sir John Doderidge entitled The Lawyer's Light see Gibson 192. STC 1136. Sweet & Maxwell I: 167. Owner signature crudely excised from right margin of Part I title page not quite affecting letterpress.Loss to title page presumeably a roughly excised owner signature. Some light marginal toning and occasional spotting to text; recent calf binding fine. unknown
16524473Leyden: Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden 1652. 12mo. 2068460pp. Index. Engraved pictorial title-page. Cont. calf somewhat worn nicely rebacked in antique style with blind tooled spine. Gibson #133. Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden unknown books
16246319Paris: Pierre Mettayer 1624. Second Printing. 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 compartments 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. <br /><br />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. Pierre Mettayer hardcover
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
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
16441896a<p><strong>1644 Francis Bacon Sermones Fideles Essays Elzevir Economics Science Crime LAW</strong></p><p><em>"Some books should be tasted some devoured but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." </em></p><p>― Francis Bacon</p><p><em>Francis Bacon one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery scientific method and the scientific revolution he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.</em></p><p><em>An extremely rare Elzevier printing of Bacon's "Sermones fideles". "Sermones fideles" is the title of the work as a whole but it contains four other works that come from 'The Essays'. Bacon discusses politics economics ethics crime law and science all through the lens of philosophy. This work was translated from his 'Essays' which was printed earlier in English.</em></p><p>Item number: #1896</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>BACON Francis</p><p><strong><em>Fr. Baconi de Verulamio Sermones fideles ethici politici oeconomici sive interiora rerum. Accedunt Faber fortnae colores boni et mali</em></strong></p><p>Lugduni Batavorium: Franc. Hackium 1644. </p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation complete with all pages: 404 4</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Willems 1279; Goldsmid I 21</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5in X 3in 13cm x 8cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>1896</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Franc. Hackium hardcover
164419209<p><b>1644 Sir Francis Bacon Essays Elzevir Economics Science Crime LAW Political</b></p><p><i>"Some books should be tasted some devoured but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly." </i></p><p>― Francis Bacon</p><p>Francis Bacon one of the most famous English philosophers and scientists of the Renaissance. While most of his work deals with discovery scientific method and the scientific revolution he did lean strongly toward Puritanism in his personal devotion.</p><p>An extremely rare Elzevier printing of Bacon's "<i>Sermones Fideles". "Sermones Fideles</i>" is the title of the work as a whole but it contains four other works that come from '<i>The Essays'</i>. Bacon discusses politics economics ethics crime law and science all through the lens of philosophy. This work was translated from his 'Essays' which was printed earlier in English.</p><p>Item number: #19209</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>BACON Francis</p><p><b><i>Fr. Baconi de Verulamio Sermones fideles ethici politici oeconomici sive interiora rerum. Accedunt Faber fortnae colores boni et mali</i></b></p><p>Lugduni Batavorium: Franc. Hackium 1644. </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 404 4</p><p>· References: Willems 1279; Goldsmid I 21</p><p>· Provenance: Bookplate – Olivier de Gourcuff</p><p>o Olivier Pierre Charles de Gourcuff 1853-1938 was a French writer and poet. He was the author of several collections of poetry and comedies often dedicated to forgotten literary figures of Brittany. His son Pierre Ramelot 1905-1942 was a French filmmaker during WWII notably producing anti-Semitic propaganda films during the German occupation. </p><p>· Language: Latin</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~5in X 3in 13cm x 8cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19209</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Franc. Hackium hardcover
168538165Amstelaedami: Ex Officina Wetsteniana. Fair with no dust jacket. 1685. Leather. 328 3 ; 287 pages; . .accedunt Faber Fortunæ Colores Boni et Mali &c. Bound with Opuscula varia posthuma philosophica civilia et theologica. Nunc primum edita. Cura & fide W. Rawley. Una cum nobilissimi auctoris vita. Amsterdam Ravestein 1663. 2 volumes bound in one. Bound in contemporary leather. Spine heavily chipped front cover detached spine starting to split. Nonetheless an impoortant two books. 3 x 5.25". . Ex Officina Wetsteniana hardcover
1648284946Lugd. Batavorum: Apud Franciscum Hackium 1648. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The 1648 edition of Francis Bacon's Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis. Engraved title page; attractive initials headpieces and tailpieces; index at the rear. Collates complete; 16 232 16 pp. Textblock is bright with no marks of any kind. Full vellum with 'Bacon' in ink on the spine. 32mo in twelve. Gibson 110a. Very Good binding. Apud Franciscum Hackium unknown books
166024612Amsterdam: Joannis Ravensteinii 1660. Second Printing. With an engraved titlepage featuring two sailing ships viewed from behind two columns 'Multi pertranfibunt de augebiteur scientia' and woodcut initials throughout. 12mo contemporary full vellum the spine lettered in manuscript edges yapped. xxiv 404pp. A very well preserved copy a bit age mellowed but proper and sturdy the vellum darkened and with some unobtrusive old staining. The second Amsterdam printing of Bacon’s important scientific works. There was no publication in England until 1676. Joannis Ravensteinii hardcover
