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London, Graies Inne Gate in Holborne: Henrie Tomes, 1605. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Very Good example of Bacon's First published works In attractive full calf (c1818), decorative gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], 45 ff, 70, 70-71, [1] 70, [21], 89-97, [8], 106-118 ff, [2] blanks, (signatures A-M2, Aa-3H1), small burn hole Pp3-Qq2, slightly affecting text, occasional light spotting & soiling, the fep & the last 2 blanks have been substituted with blanks watermarked 1817 (although ESTC states that most copies were issued without these), this was probably when the book was rebound in its attractive calf, a.e.g., ink names to tp (Isabella Douglas; Montrose; & P Rutherford). The variant copy with C4r line 5 reading maniable rather than amiable. Erratic pagination, but complete. (181*131 mm). (ESTC 1164; Gibson 81; Pforzheimer 36)
The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon: by Bacon, Francis - 1605 of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane.
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London: Henrie Tomes, 1605. First edition. Small quarto (19cm; [1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121] leaves, without the final blank and added leaves of errata at end that are present in some copies ("not often found," according to Gibson). Numerous errors in foliation. In recent tan calf tooled in blind in period style by Pat M. Bruno (bookbinder's ticket). Pages evenly toned with light scattered foxing, especially on first and last leaves. Marginal paper repairs in last two gatherings. Pages trimmed close, affecting shoulder notes. Provenance: British antiquary Francis Kilvert (1793-1863), his signature mounted, along with letter of presentation from Kilvert to his contemporary antiquary James Heywood Markland bound in ("Knowing your taste for literary curiosities, I venture to beg your acceptance of what I believe to be the editio princeps of Lord Bacon's Advancement of Learning....") References: STC (2nd ed.); 1164; Gibson, "Francis Bacon, a bibliography," 81; Pforzheimer; 36p Norman, 97.
The only work Bacon ever published in English, the "Advancement of Learning" was his first statement of the scientific method as a philosophical position, and of his massive plan to survey all human knowledge (paving the way for the great encyclopedias of the Enlightenment. The book was published into a world that considered "learning" a matter of memorization of Aristotelian texts. "The Advancement of Learning" changed that, arguing that the only knowledge of importance was that which could be discovered by observation, that is, 'empirical' knowledge rooted in the natural world.
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- Keywords History of science scientific method philosophy of science
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London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. Full description: BACON, [Sir] Francis. The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. First edition. Two parts in one small quarto volume (7 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 195 x 145 mm). [1, title], 45; 118, [i.e., 121] leaves. Bound without initial and final blank leaves or the two extra leaves of errata found only in "a very few copies...probably of the latest sold" (Pforzheimer). C4r, line 5 with variant "maniable" instead of "amiable" and page 118 with page number. No priority in these variants according to ESTC. Signature G is misbound after signature I. Decorative woodcut initials. 18th-century calf, boards stamped and ruled in blind. Spine stamped in gilt. Tan leather spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. A one-inch closed tear to margin of leaf C, not affecting text. Leaves Bb2 and Aaa with blank corners torn. A tiny rust hole to leaf E4, only touching one…
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London: Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne, 1605.. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. In two parts. [1], 45, 118 [i.e., 121]ff. A4-L4; M2; Aa4-Ggg4; Hhh2. First edition. Blank leaf present, but two errata leaves absent. C4r with the first state reading 'maniable.' Contemporary vellum, repaired by Bernard Middleton. From the library of C.R. Lowell, with his bookplate and his rubber stamp on each title-page. Also, on first title-page, an ownership inscription: "bibca Williams Scptio, 1813." Pforzheimer 36; Gibson 81; Grolier, Langland to Wither, 12; Grolier/Horblit 8a; Norman 97; STC 1164. Bound with: Sandys, Edwin. A relation of the state of religion ...
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