Accession number
PML 37259
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
At London, : Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne., 1605.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
C4 recto, line 5 has "amiable"; a variant has C4 recto, line 5: "maniable".
Some copies issued in large paper format. Cf. Pforzheimer.
Printers' names from STC. Purfoot printed A-L⁴ M² and 2K-2R; Creede printed 2A-2I, 3E-3H; another, unidentified, compositor set the rest. --STC.
First ed. (STC 1164), second issue?.
"To the King." on title page.
Better known under title: Advancement of learning. An expanded translation was published in 1623 under title: De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, becoming afterward better known as De augmentis scientiarum.
Final leaf is blank.
Numerous errors in pagination.
Without errata leaves at end; without distich at foot of [symbol].68 verso; last leaf numbered 118, wide margins; many errors in pagination in Book II.
In sign. Dd the text is complete but the imposition is wrong; the verso of Dd carries the text which should be on verso of Dd3; likewise Dd2 carries the text of Dd4, Dd3 of Dd, and Dd4 of Dd2.
Some copies issued in large paper format. Cf. Pforzheimer.
Printers' names from STC. Purfoot printed A-L⁴ M² and 2K-2R; Creede printed 2A-2I, 3E-3H; another, unidentified, compositor set the rest. --STC.
First ed. (STC 1164), second issue?.
"To the King." on title page.
Better known under title: Advancement of learning. An expanded translation was published in 1623 under title: De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, becoming afterward better known as De augmentis scientiarum.
Final leaf is blank.
Numerous errors in pagination.
Without errata leaves at end; without distich at foot of [symbol].68 verso; last leaf numbered 118, wide margins; many errors in pagination in Book II.
In sign. Dd the text is complete but the imposition is wrong; the verso of Dd carries the text which should be on verso of Dd3; likewise Dd2 carries the text of Dd4, Dd3 of Dd, and Dd4 of Dd2.
Description
[1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121], [1] leaves ; 19 cm
Provenance
From the collections of R.S. Turner, Philobiblon Society and G. Walter Steeves, with his book-plate (sale 25 May 1916, no. 33); Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Modern vellum.
Classification
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Department