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12 mo (125 x 70 mm), 10 un.ll. (including the engraved frontispiece), 684 pp., 30 un.ll. Red morocco, Duseuil-style binding, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
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New Latin edition of Bacon’s major treatise on the reform of science.
In it, he proposes a new classification of the sciences and a plan for advancing knowledge through an experimental method. This is the considerably expanded Latin version of his Advancement of Learning (1605).
Hinges rubbed, corners slightly worn.
Provenance: Jean de Bry, 19th-century bookplate; Robert S. Pirie (bookplate).
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