Bacon, Sir Francis

The Two Bookes of Sr Francis Bacon. Of the Providence and Advancement of learning. London: William Washington, 1629. 4to. Second edition. Contemporary vellum. (STC 1165). Provenance: Dan Fleming. acquisition: Joseph Felcone — The Learned Reading. London: Mathew Walbancke, Lawrence Chapman, 1642. 4to. First edition complete with first and last blanks. Copy washed. Modern morocco by Riviere. (Wing B 301). acquisition: Fleming — Sermones Fideles. Leyden: F. Hackium, 1644. 12mo. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Seymour Foster. acquisition: Bernard Quaritch — The Advancement and Proficience of Learning... Oxford, Leon Lichfield for Rob. Young and Ed. Forrest, 1640. Folio. First complete edition. Frontispiece portrait and engraved title. Contemporary calf with gilt supralibros "TF • EX • DONO • SIMON • LASHENDEN • 1646". Rebacked, scuffed. (STC 1167). Provenance: Simon Lashenden; Robert Davies; Hugh Willbrahams. acquisition: Seven Gables — Resuscitatio. London: William Lee, 1671. Folio. Two portraits of Francis Bacon. Third edition. Contemporary calf. (Wing B 321). Provenance: Thomas Dunant Scottow; William Charles Hall. acquisition: Christopher Edwards.