Bacon on scientific method 1640
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6000 SEK
Utropspris
5 000-6 000 SEK
Beskrivning
BACON, FRANCIS. Of the advancement and proficience of learning or the partitions of sciences IX bookes... Interpreted by Gilbert Wats. Oxford (Leon Lichfield for Robert Young and Edvard Forest) 1640. (Colophon MDXXXX).
Folio. (36), 60, (14), 477, (1 blank, 20) pp. (complete, but irregular pagination). Engraved title (partly dampstained), engraved portrait of the author (partly dampstained).
Contemporary brown full leather, worn, rebacked. A few leaves foxed in inner part. The inner doublure papers loose, to upper cover with old annotations. Upper cover with the bookplate of Hugh Percy (Duke of Northumberland).
First complete English edition which is an retranslation of "De augmentis scientiarum".
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
6210
Datum:
2015-06-16