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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
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
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
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
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. 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
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
1645285137Lugd. Bat: Apud Adrianum Wijingaerde et Franciscum Moiardum 1645. Second Edition revised. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The Second Edition of Francis Bacon's Novum Organum Scientiarum. Collates complete; 24 435 1 pp.; final page blank. The first numbered page lists six works by the author published in series this being part two: 'Novum Organum.' Per OCLC "Works which represent the first and third parts were published later; of the fourth and fifth parts only prefaces were written." Second edition of "one of the earliest attempts to develop an investigative method in scientific research" . Fully engraved title page and initials. Extraneous stub at the end of the first signature from the binder. Writing in ink of the front endpaper else with no marks of any kind. Textblock resonably bright; in early vellum with titling inked on the spine now faded. Very Good binding. Apud Adrianum Wijingaerde et Franciscum Moiardum unknown books
1662RW1306Amsterdam:: Officina Elzeviriana 1662. 1662. 12mo. xvi 232 16 pp. Engraved decorative title index. Original gilt-stamped calf raised bands; joints cracked extremities worn. Front free endpaper partly excised; rear typed bibliographic note mounted with initials H.S.B. Good. Fourth edition. Bacon's history of wind science and experimentation. Contents: "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis" "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Forma Calidi" "De Motus Sive Virtutis Activa Variis Speciebus" "Ratio Inveniendi Causas Fluxus et Refluxus Maris". Officina Elzeviriana, 1662. 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
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
1639291897Paris: Jean Roger 1639. hardcover. very good. Ornamental copperplate initials and endpieces. 369 pages. Thick short 8vo full contemporary mottled calf red leather spine label gilt spine. Paris: Jean Roger 1639. Very good.<br/><br/> Jean Roger unknown 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
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
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
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
1661D6071London: Printed by S. Griffin for William Lee. 1661. Second edition somewhat enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. Modern calf gilt-stamped ornament on upper board and spine gilt-stamped lettering in green leather spine label. Complex pagination with quite a few misnumbered pages but including frontispiece section titles see below final advertisement leaf. Text block faintly browned; contemporary ownership signatures of Henry Lynch and Mary Lynch who dates her signature in 1723-24 on title-page not affecting legibility. An excellent copy. <br/><br/>Section titles are: Speeches in Parliament Star-Chamber Kings Bench Chancery and Other-Where; Certain Treatises Written or Referring to Queen Elizabeths Times Being Observations upon a Libell Published in Anno 1592; Several Discourses Written in the Dayes of King James; A Collection of Apothegmes New and Old; Several Letters Written by This Honourable Author to Queen Elizabeth King James Divers Lords and Others. Wing B320. Printed by S. Griffin, for William Lee... hardcover 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
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
1639289508London: John Haviland 1639. hardcover. very good-. 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 frontispiece & blank fly-leaves but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. 14 218 4to old leathers well-rubbed joints starting but still firmly sewn; internally clean. London: John Haviland for William Lee 1639. Fifth edition.<br/><br/> 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 known and most pleasant of the Utopian writings." -Bernal 305. The leather label on the spine reads" Evelyn's Sylva".<br/><br/> John Haviland unknown 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
164830360Lug. Batavor.: Apud Franciscum Hackium 1648. 12mo 12.9 cm 5.1". Add. engr. t.-p. 34 612 48 87 1 pp. <br><br>Compendium of scientific and also quaintly "traditional" knowledge: This wide-ranging gathering of interesting observations in natural history was first published posthumously by the author's chaplain and secretary Dr. Rawley in 1626 and appears here translated into Latin by Jacob Gruterus. The present edition was as Willems puts it "exécutée" at Leyden by Hackius for Elzevier; some examples bear Elzevier's imprint and some Hackius's. The Novus Atlas accompanies the title work with both having prefaces by Rawley.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Alexander Oswald Brodie not please note the American officer and governor of Arizona Territory; title-page with Brodie's inked inscription dated 1839 Dresden. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Brunet I 604; Gibson Bacon 185b; Willems 1058. On Bacon see: Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges spine with early inked title; spine lettering rubbed back cover darkened. Both pastedowns lifted front pastedown with bookplate beneath; free endpapers lacking. Title-page with inscription as above; pages with a very few small scattered spots almost entirely clean. A handsome copy. Apud Franciscum Hackium hardcover books
