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.
Opera Francisci Baronis de Vervlamio, Vice-comitis Sancti Albani