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The vvisedome of the ancients, / written in Latine by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon knight, Baron of Verulam, and Lord Chancelor of England. ; Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges knight.

Accession number
PML 5821
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London, : Imprinted by Iohn Bill., 1619.
Notes
First ed. in English (STC 1130).
Translation of his De sapientia veterum.
Line 8 of title page begins: "Chancelor"; a variant edition, issued in the same year, (STC 1131) has "Lord Chancelour".
Table of contents: p. [11]-[12].
Description
[24], 175, [1] p. ; 14 cm
Provenance
With the book-plates of Robert Samuel Turner and James Toovey.
Binding
Sprinkled calf rebacked in brown cloth.
Classification
Department