BACON FrancisABAA
Bacon FrancisABAA
Essays Moral Economical and Political
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
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