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Bacon, Sir Francis
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Three Works
- printed book
12mo format, contemporary bindings, condition excellent.
History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or of the Prologation of Life. London: Printed by John Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. Two imprimatur leaves at front and back, title and text within rules. Stiff diced vellum, gilt-stamped with fleurs-de-lys; some discoloration, spine head slightly defective. First edition of the authorized translation by William Rawley. (STC 1158; ESTC S100506; Gibson 154). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. — Novum organum scientiarum. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1650. Engraved title-page, Abraham Cowley's Poem on The Royal Society written in a contemporary hand at the end. Contemporary calf. (Gibson 105). acquisition: Christie's, 19 November 1993, lot 234a, through Bernard Quaritch. — De Augmentis scientiarum Lib. IX. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1652. Engraved title-page. Contemporary red morocco paneled gilt. (Gibson 133). provenance: Jean DeBry. acquisition: Sotheby's London, 28 January 1999, lot 287, through Bernard Quaritch.
History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or of the Prologation of Life. London: Printed by John Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. Two imprimatur leaves at front and back, title and text within rules. Stiff diced vellum, gilt-stamped with fleurs-de-lys; some discoloration, spine head slightly defective. First edition of the authorized translation by William Rawley. (STC 1158; ESTC S100506; Gibson 154). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. — Novum organum scientiarum. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1650. Engraved title-page, Abraham Cowley's Poem on The Royal Society written in a contemporary hand at the end. Contemporary calf. (Gibson 105). acquisition: Christie's, 19 November 1993, lot 234a, through Bernard Quaritch. — De Augmentis scientiarum Lib. IX. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1652. Engraved title-page. Contemporary red morocco paneled gilt. (Gibson 133). provenance: Jean DeBry. acquisition: Sotheby's London, 28 January 1999, lot 287, through Bernard Quaritch.
Literature
Novum organum scientiarum: CELM CoA 193
Condition
A group of three works, 12mo format, contemporary bindings, condition excellent.
12mo format, contemporary bindings, condition excellent.
History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or of the Prologation of Life. London: Printed by John Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. Two imprimatur leaves at front and back, title and text within rules. Stiff diced vellum, gilt-stamped with fleurs-de-lys; some discoloration, spine head slightly defective. First edition of the authorized translation by William Rawley. (STC 1158; ESTC S100506; Gibson 154). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. Novum organum scientiarum. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1650. Engraved title-page, Abraham Cowley's Poem on The Royal Society written in a contemporary hand at the end. Contemporary calf. (Gibson 105). acquisition: Christie's, 19 November 1993, lot 234a, through Bernard Quaritch. De Augmentis scientiarum Lib. IX. Leyden: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1652. Engraved title-page. Contemporary red morocco paneled gilt. (Gibson 133). provenance: Jean DeBry. acquisition: Sotheby's London, 28 January 1999, lot 287, through Bernard Quaritch.
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