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Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning: or the Partitions of Sciences. Nine Books... Interpreted by Gilbert Wats
by BACON, Francis
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Somerville, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: for Thomas Williams, 1674, 1674. 1 vol., small folio, 11-7/8" x 8", (xvii)322pp(x), complete including the engraved frontis portrait plate of Bacon. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf over cords, rebacked at some earlier date, gilt lettered brown morocco spine label, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, minor damp stain to upper corner of the first 4 leaves otherwise internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD copy.
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- Bookseller
- D&D Galleries - ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000510
- Title
- Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning: or the Partitions of Sciences. Nine Books... Interpreted by Gilbert Wats
- Author
- BACON, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: for Thomas Williams, 1674
- Date Published
- 1674
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
D&D Galleries - ABAA
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Somerville, New Jersey
About D&D Galleries - ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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