Francisci Baconis DE VERULAMIO summi angliae cancellarii, Novum Organum Scientiarum
by Bacon, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Lugd. Bat. [Leyden]: Adrianum Wijngaerde et Franciscum Moyardum, 1645. [xxii], 435pp. Engraved title-page 'Multi pertranfibunt de augebiteur scientia' depicting two sailing ships between two columns [the pillars of Hercules "Many will pass through and knowledge will be the greater"]. 12.5 x 7.5 cms. Original full vellum binding with Latin Text hand-written ink title to the spine. Unworn state. Trifle dusty. No inscriptions or book-plates present. Bacon's celebrated masterpiece of scientific thought. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1620 Not pub. in English until 1676. A SCARCE ITEM. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. second Edition. full Vellum. V.g.. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W072
- Title
- Francisci Baconis DE VERULAMIO summi angliae cancellarii, Novum Organum Scientiarum
- Author
- Bacon, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- second Edition
- Publisher
- Adrianum Wijngaerde et Franciscum Moyardum
- Place of Publication
- Lugd. Bat. [Leyden]
- Date Published
- 1645
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....