Bacon, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Natural Historie, in Ten Centuries. [with] A New Atlantis. Printed for William Lee, And are to be sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Britain, and William Place at Grays-Inne Gate in Holburn, London, 1658.

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Description: 300mm x 200mm (12" x 8"). [xviii], 218pp + table; [v], 36pp; [vii], 64pp. Contains wood-cut head pieces and initials and pictorial title page (1651). Whereunto is Newly Added the History Naturall and Experimentall of Life and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life. Both Written by The Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the Authors death, By William Rawley Doctor in Divinity, on of his Majesties Chaplains. Bound with New Atlantis. A Work Unfinished. Engraved pictorial title page of 1651 Edition bound opposite front paste-down (Printed W. Lee at the Great Turks head next to the Mytre Tavrne in Fleetstreet). G: in good condition. Respined with repairs to leather at corners. Faint gilt ruling barely visible. Heavy rubbing to boards. Shelf-wear. No title label to spine. Missing endpapers. Title pages creased. Browning, foxing, and water staining to prelims and sporadically throughout. Occasional ink and pencil inscriptions. Some mispagination

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BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Sylva sylvarum: or, A natural history. In ten centuries. Whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Both written by the right honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the authors death, by William Ravvley . The Seventh Edition. Printed for William Lee, London, 1658.

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Description: [16], 218, [26], 36, [8], 64 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved additional title. Sectional title pages with separate pagination and register. Early calf, covers ruled in blind, spine with raised bands, morocco lettering piece. Provenance: Gloddaeth Library (booklabel); The Garden Library (booklabel) The Garden Library copy. Bacon's posthumously published anthology of extracts from many books, mostly from antiquity, and with Bacon's own experiments and observations on natural philosophy. At the end of the volume, Rawley has included his "New Atlantis. A Work unfinished," a description of a utopian island and its scientific community. ESTC R27204; Wing B328; Gibson 177b.

Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.