Sylva sylvarum: or a natural history, in ten centuries. . Whereunto is newly added the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Published after the authors death, by William Rawley, ... Whereunto is added Articles of enquiry, touching metals and minerals. And the New Atlantis. With an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. Written by the right honourable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans. The tenth edition, in which is added an epitomy of another peice of his Lord ship's works intitled Novum organum (being translated for the clearer understanding of this his Natural History) never before published in English.
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3040210
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14],235,[5],32,[2],271-340, [2],239-267,[4], 222-227,[1], plates . ports. . fol.. Old shelf-mark: F.7.10. Library mark? in ink on t-p: ff/d.. Provenance: Bookplate: Earl of Morley. In ink on engr. t-p: George Parker. Occasional marginal annotations.. Binding: Sprinkled, blind tooled sheep, gold tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) William Rawley (1588-1667)