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The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane.

[BACON Sir Francis] 1561-1626

  • Publisher: Henrie Tomes
  • Published: 1605 , London, Graies Inne Gate in Holborne
  • Condition: Very Good
London, Graies Inne Gate in Holborne: Henrie Tomes, 1605. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Very Good example of Bacon's First published works. Better known under title: Advancement of learning. In attractive full calf (c1818), decorative gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], 45 ff, 70, 70-71, [1] 70, [21], 89-97, [8], 106-118 ff, [2] blanks, (signatures A-M2, Aa-3H1), small burn hole Pp3-Qq2, slightly affecting text, occasional light spotting & soiling, the fep & the last 2 blanks have been substituted with blanks watermarked 1817 (although ESTC states that most copies were issued without these), this was probably when the book was rebound in its attractive calf, a.e.g., ink names to tp (Isabella Douglas; Montrose; & P Rutherford). The variant copy with C4r line 5 reading maniable rather than amiable. Erratic pagination, but complete. (181*131 mm). (ESTC 1164; Gibson 81; Pforzheimer 36) Thomas Purfoot (the elder) printed book 1 and 2K-2R of book 2; Thomas Creede printed 2A-2I, 3E-3H; another, unidentified, printer or compositor set the rest. Cf. STC

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