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The tvvoo bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of learning, diuine and humane ...

Accession number
PML 5815
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London, Printed [by T. Purfoot] for H. Tomes, 1605.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
In Book I: leaf 3 unnumbered, leaf 24 misnumbered 34; Book II, leaf 6 unnumbered, leaf 9 misnumbered 6, leaf 33 for 30; beginning with leaf 70 all leaves misnumbered to the end.
Gibson 81.
S.T.C. 1164.
First ed.--(STC 1164) - 2nd issue? without errata leaves at end.
Signatures: Book I: A-L⁴, M². Book II: Aa-Zz⁴, Aaa-Ggg⁴, Hhh² (the last a blank? wanting); Ddd2 missigned Dd2.
Description
[1], 45, 118 (i.e. 121), [2] leaves.
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department