Accession number:
PML 37203
Published:
Londini : In officina Ioannis Haviland, [1624]
Credit:
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Description:
[20], 493, [3] p. ; 30 cm
Notes:
A translation into Latin, and enlargement, by William Rawley, of Bacon's "The advancement of learning". This expanded edition became known as "De augmentis scientiarum", which was Intended as Part 1 of Bacon's proposed, but never completed "Instauratio magna".
Added t.p. with date 1623 unchanged.
Catchword on [par.]2 recto: "emittit"; a variant setting has "Translatio".
Date on t.p. altered by hand stamp to 1624.
Errata: p. [1] at end.
Errors in pagination: 43 for 35, 46 for 38, 131 for 129.
Final leaf is blank.
Signatures [para.]⁴ A⁶ B-Z⁴ 2A-3R⁴.
Wide margins, on thin paper.
With initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Binding:
Red velvet, embroidered with medallion of a pope on both covers; in maroon morocco case by Jas. MacDonald Co., N.Y.
Variant Title:
Opera Francisci Baronis de Vervlamio, Vice-comitis Sancti Albani
Provenance:
Roland L. Redmond.
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