BACON (Sir Francis). Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio,. Opera Omnia, Quæ Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica. in quibus complures alii tractatus, quos brevitatis causa prætermittere visum est, comprehensi sunt. Hactenus nunquam conjunctim edita, Iam vero summo studio collecta, uno volumine comprehensa, & ab innumeris Mendis repurgata: cum Indice Rerum ac Verborum Universali absolutissimo, His præfixa est Auctoris Vita. [Edited by J. B. Schonwetter].. Francofurti ad Moenum: Impensis Joannis Baptistæ Schonwetteri Typis Matthæ Kempfferi, 1665.

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Description: First Complete Edition in Latin, folio (345 x 210 mm), 10, 1324, [29]pp., first issue with Italic type headlines, without the half-title which has a portrait of Bacon on the verso, old library stamp on blank margin of title which is printed in red and black, without the unsigned 'Bibliopola ad Lectorem' leaf (often missing), tear on inner blank margin of Z4, text slightly browned at end, cont. calf boards detached, lacks spine.

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BACON, Francis. Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio. Opera Omnia, Quae extant: Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica (etc.). Joannis Baptistae Schonwetteri, Francofurti ad Moenum, 1665.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: BACON, Francis. Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis S. Albani, Summi Angliae Cancellarii, Opera Omnia, Quae extant: Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica (etc.). Impensis Joannis Baptistae Schonwetteri, Typis Matthaei Kempfferi, Francofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt am Main), 1665. Half-title with frontis on verso + TP + 1 leaf = Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis + 3 leaves = Vita Francisci Baconi + TP + 2 leaves = Singularum Argumenta and Partitiones Scientiarum + 1 - 1324 columns + [1] - [29] = index + 1 leaf. Folio. First Complete Edition in Latin. First Latin Edition of Bacon's Complete Works, containing Tractatus nempe de Dignitate & Augmentis Scientiarum; Novum Organum Scientiarum; Historia Ventorum; Historia Vitae & Mortis; Scripta de Naturali & Universali Philosophia; Sylva Sylvarum, or Natural History; New Atlantis; History of the Reign of King Henry VII; Sermones Fideles; Tractatus de Sapientia Veterum; Dialogus de Bello Sacro; Opus Illustre in felicem memoriam Elisabethae Reginae; Imago Civilis Iulii Caesaris; Imago Civilis Augusti Caesaris. Prefaced by a dedication to Johann Helwig Sinold called Schütz by the publisher Schönwetter, as well as a Life of Bacon. CONDITION: Contemporary full vellum, hand-titled in dark ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Francis Bacon identified as Lord Verulam, Viscount St Alban, Lord Chancellor of England. Title page printed in red & black, with large engraved publisher's vignette. Nine title pages throughout, with 1664 Schönwetter imprint & woodcut device on each. Text in Latin. Covers moderately worn. Pages browned, as is typical with this paper. A few sparse notes in 19th-century ink to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked & clean. Lacking first blank leaf. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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