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The Historie of Life and Death. With Observations Naturall and Experimentall for the Prolonging of Life.
by Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban [Sir Francis Bacon]:
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Westleton, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London:: Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley,, 1638.. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. [xiv]*, 323pp +[blank]. The imprimatur leaf has small repairs to its slightly frayed edges, and an 1826 ownership name in sepia to the back of it has bled through to the front. No other marks. Pages in very good order, tanned at the edges. 12mo, c.14.3x8.8cms, in the early or original blind-ruled brown calf boards, with a new blind-ruled brown calf spine with off-white endpapers. A very nice and complete copy. *[The unpaginated prelims consist of (ii) imprimatur, (iii) engraved title, (v) title, (vii-xi) Mosley's dedication, (xii-xiv) To the Living and Posterity/ to the Reader. i, iv, & vi are blanks.]
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- Bookseller
- Chapel Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16387040
- Title
- The Historie of Life and Death. With Observations Naturall and Experimentall for the Prolonging of Life.
- Author
- Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban [Sir Francis Bacon]:
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Publisher
- Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1638.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chapel Books
Biblio member since 2007
Westleton, Suffolk
About Chapel Books
I sell books from a large disused Chapel next to the village duck pond, where I have lived about 40 years: just inland from Dunwich and between Southwold and Aldeburgh. I open 7 days a week, 12-5.
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