ROGER BACON ESSAYS / Contributed by Various Writers on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth
by (Bacon, Roger). Little, A. G.; compiler and editor
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Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with the head of the spine lightly chipped. viii, 425 & [1] pages. There is offsetting to the endpapers & pastedowns with some rippling to the endpapers & half-title. There is scattered light foxing. Good. <p>First edition.<p>The fourteen essays are in the languages of the contributors. Four are in German, two in French and the remainder in English.<p>The bookplate of Edward Andrew Donaldson is mounted on the front pastedown.
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- Title
- ROGER BACON ESSAYS / Contributed by Various Writers on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth
- Author
- (Bacon, Roger). Little, A. G.; compiler and editor
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1914.
- Date Published
- 1914.
- Keywords
- SCIENCE; ROGER BACON ESSAYS Contributed by Various WriterS on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the Seventh Centenary of His Birth; A. G. LITTLE; PHILOSOPHY; LATIN VULGATE; PHILOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; CHEMISTRY; ALCHEMY; MEDICINE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITIO
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