Opera Omnia, Quae extant: Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica (etc.)
by BACON, Francis. Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio
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Francofurti ad Moenum: Joannis Baptistae Schonwetteri, 1665. First Thus. vellum. Very good. BACON, Francis. Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis S. Albani, Summi Angliae Cancellarii, Opera Omnia, Quae extant: Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica (etc.). Impensis Joannis Baptistae Schonwetteri, Typis Matthaei Kempfferi, Francofurti ad Moenum (Frankfurt am Main), 1665. Half-title with frontis on verso + TP + 1 leaf = Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis + 3 leaves = Vita Francisci Baconi + TP + 2 leaves = Singularum Argumenta and Partitiones Scientiarum
+ 1 - 1324 columns + [1] - [29] = index + 1 leaf. Folio. First Complete Edition in Latin.
First Latin Edition of Bacon's Complete Works, containing Tractatus nempe de Dignitate & Augmentis Scientiarum; Novum Organum Scientiarum; Historia Ventorum; Historia Vitae & Mortis; Scripta de Naturali & Universali Philosophia; Sylva Sylvarum, or Natural History; New Atlantis; History of the Reign of King Henry VII; Sermones Fideles; Tractatus de Sapientia Veterum; Dialogus de Bello Sacro; Opus Illustre in felicem memoriam Elisabethae Reginae; Imago Civilis Iulii Caesaris; Imago Civilis Augusti Caesaris. Prefaced by a dedication to Johann Helwig Sinold called Schütz by the publisher Schönwetter, as well as a Life of Bacon.
CONDITION: Contemporary full vellum, hand-titled in dark ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Francis Bacon identified as Lord Verulam, Viscount St Alban, Lord Chancellor of England. Title page printed in red & black, with large engraved publisher's vignette. Nine title pages throughout, with 1664 Schönwetter imprint & woodcut device on each. Text in Latin. Covers moderately worn. Pages browned, as is typical with this paper. A few sparse notes in 19th-century ink to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked & clean. Lacking first blank leaf.
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First Latin Edition of Bacon's Complete Works, containing Tractatus nempe de Dignitate & Augmentis Scientiarum; Novum Organum Scientiarum; Historia Ventorum; Historia Vitae & Mortis; Scripta de Naturali & Universali Philosophia; Sylva Sylvarum, or Natural History; New Atlantis; History of the Reign of King Henry VII; Sermones Fideles; Tractatus de Sapientia Veterum; Dialogus de Bello Sacro; Opus Illustre in felicem memoriam Elisabethae Reginae; Imago Civilis Iulii Caesaris; Imago Civilis Augusti Caesaris. Prefaced by a dedication to Johann Helwig Sinold called Schütz by the publisher Schönwetter, as well as a Life of Bacon.
CONDITION: Contemporary full vellum, hand-titled in dark ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Francis Bacon identified as Lord Verulam, Viscount St Alban, Lord Chancellor of England. Title page printed in red & black, with large engraved publisher's vignette. Nine title pages throughout, with 1664 Schönwetter imprint & woodcut device on each. Text in Latin. Covers moderately worn. Pages browned, as is typical with this paper. A few sparse notes in 19th-century ink to front pastedown, otherwise unmarked & clean. Lacking first blank leaf.
PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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- Eternal Return Antiquarian Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Opera Omnia, Quae extant: Philosophica, Moralia, Politica, Historica (etc.)
- Author
- BACON, Francis. Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Joannis Baptistae Schonwetteri
- Place of Publication
- Francofurti ad Moenum
- Date Published
- 1665
- Keywords
- Science, philosophy, Francis Bacon, Enlightenment, Humanism, Renaissance, epistemology
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