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Opera Francisci Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-comitis Sancti Albani,. : Tomus primus: : qui continet De dignitate & augmentis scientiarum, libros IX.

Accession number
PML 37204
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
Londini, : In officina Ioannis Haviland., [1624]
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
A translation into Latin, and enlargement, by William Rawley, of Bacon's "The advancement of learning". This expanded edition became known as "De augmentis scientiarum", which was Intended as Part 1 of Bacon's proposed, but never completed "Instauratio magna".
Added t.p. has date, also changed to 1624.
Catchword on [par.]2 recto: "emittit"; a variant setting has "Translatio".
Date on t.p. altered by hand stamp to 1624.
Errata: p. [1] at end.
Errors in pagination: 43 for 35, 46 for 38, 131 for 129.
Final leaf is blank.
P. 129 misnumbered 131.
Signatures O⁴, A⁶, B-Z⁴, Aa-Zz⁴, Aaa-Rrr⁴, the last a blank and present.
Some copies have the imprint date altered by a hand-stamped "I" from "MDCXXIII" to "MDCXXIIII".
With initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Description
[20], 493, [3] p. ; 30 cm
Provenance
Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Old vellum in light brown cloth case.
Classification
Department